Mehdi Karroubi
Politician
Iran frees activist on bail in mass trial...accused of fomenting the post-election unrest. Mohammad Atrianfar headed the council in late 1990s. He was a close ally of Mahdi Karroubi, one of the losing candidates in disputed June presidential election who became a leader of the... In this article: Tehran, Iran, IRNA, and Mahdi Karroubi |
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AP Online | 6 days ago
Iran releases ex-official on bail in mass trial
...government has stopped short of indicting the most visible opposition leaders, presidential candidates Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi, but there have been signs in recent weeks that could change. The opposition says Mousavi is the...
In this article: Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Iran, Defendant, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mohammad Khatami, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran, and Mahdi Karroubi
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Times Online | 6 days ago
Ex-Iranian vice-president who called election a 'swindle' is given six-year sentence
...and appeared on the comedian Jon Stewart's Daily Show in the United States. During this year's election he was an adviser to Mehdi Karroubi, one of the defeated candidates, and was arrested as massive street demonstrations took place in...
In this article: Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Mohammed Khatami, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran, Iran, Detainee, and Basij
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washingtonpost.com | November 17, 2009
Panel probes allegations of abuse at Iranian prison
...Rouholamini's father, a former senior Health Ministry official, said his son was tortured to death. Former presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi, a Shiite cleric, publicly accused security forces in August of having tortured and raped...
In this article: Islamic Republic News Agency, Tehran, Iran, Allegation, Detainee, Meningitis, and Masoud Pezeshkian
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Charlotte Observer | November 14, 2009
Opposition: Iran rulers more brutal than shah
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI and JASON KEYSER In this Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009 photo, leaders of Iranian opposition, Mahdi Karroubi, right, and Mir Hossein Mousavi talk in Tehran, Iran. The showdown between Iran's clerical leaders and a resilient...
In this article: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahdi Karroubi, Iran, Islam, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mohammad Ali Jafari, and Tehran
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Huffington Post | November 14, 2009
Iran Rulers More Brutal Than Shah, Opposition Says
...the sidelines of state-sanctioned rallies to mark the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover. Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi, who lead the protest movement rejecting the legitimacy of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's June...
In this article: Iran, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahdi Karroubi, Islam, Mohammad Ali Jafari, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Democracy, Pahlavi regime, and Twitter
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Yahoo! News | November 14, 2009
Opposition: Iran rulers more brutal than shah (AP)
Opposition: Iran rulers more brutal than shah AP - In this Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009 photo, leaders of Iranian opposition, Mahdi Karroubi, right, and Mir … By ALI AKBAR DAREINI and JASON KEYSER, Associated Press Writers Ali Akbar Dareini...
In this article: Mahdi Karroubi, Iran, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Islam, Mohammad Ali Jafari, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Democracy
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Hojjat ol-Eslam Mehdi Karroubi (مهدی کروبی ; born 1937 in Aligoudarz in Lorestan) is an Iranian politician and cleric, the resigned chairman and founding member of the Association of Combatant Clerics party. He was the Speaker of the Iranian parliament from 2000 to 2004, and from 1989 to 1992, and a presidential candidate in the 2005 presidential election.
Karroubi was also a candidate in the 2004 parliamentary elections in Tehran, but after he ranked thirty-first in the first round, where thirty representatives were chosen, he withdrew from the second round.
Karroubi is a critic of the Guardian Council but at the same time supports the Supreme Leader, and calls himself a follower of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. He was an Advisor to the Supreme Leader and a member of the Expediency Discernment Council, by appointment of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, until he resigned from all his political posts on June 19, 2005 after the first round of the 2005 presidential election (see below).
Karroubi considers himself a pragmatic reformist and is an ethnic Lur.
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