Mostafa Tajzadeh | |
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Minister of Interior Acting |
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In office 21 June 1998 – 22 July 1998 |
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President | Mohammad Khatami |
Preceded by | Abdollah Nouri |
Succeeded by | Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari |
Advisor to the President of Iran | |
In office 21 November 2004 – 3 August 2005 |
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President | Mohammad Khatami |
Political Deputy of Minister of Interior Head of Country's Election Headquarters |
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In office 29 August 1997 – 2 May 2001 |
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President | Mohammad Khatami |
Minister |
Abdollah Nouri Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari |
Succeeded by | Morteza Moballegh |
Deputy Minister of Culture for International Affairs | |
In office 1984–1988 |
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President | Ali Khamenei |
Prime Minister | Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
Minister | Mohammad Khatami |
Personal details | |
Born |
Seyyed Mostafa Tajzadeh November 22, 1956 Tehran, Iran |
Nationality | Iranian |
Political party |
Islamic Iran Participation Front (since 1998) Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization (since 1991) |
Other political affiliations |
Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization (1979–1986) |
Spouse(s) | Fakhri Mohtashamipour |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater |
University of Tehran College of the Siskiyous |
Religion | Shia Islam |
Seyyed Mostafa Tajzadeh (Persian: سید مصطفی تاجزاده) is an Iranian reformist politician and a senior member of Islamic Iran Participation Front, as well as Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization.
He is imprisoned at Evin Prison since 2009.
Tajzadeh was briefly Acting Minister of Interior under administration of President Mohammad Khatami after impeachment of Abdollah Nouri, advisor to President Mohammad Khatami in his last two years of administration, a deputy at Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Culture.
He is also a member of Association of Iranian Journalists.
In 1975, Tajzadeh went to the United States to study and became a member of Muslim Students Association, active against Shah of Iran. With the start of the Iranian Revolution in 1978, he left university and returned to Iran.
Tajzadeh served as the Political deput of the Ministry of Interior of Iran in the government of Mohammad Khatami, and under the Minister Abdollah Noori, since 1997, after being introduced to Noori by Gholamhossein Karbaschi and Mohammad Atrianfar. The first Iranian elections for the City and Village Councils of Iran happened under Tajzadeh. Later, he became an Adviser to the President of Iran, Mohammad Khatami, from November 21, 2004 until the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.