Mohammad Tavasoli
| Mohammad Tavasoli | |
|---|---|
 Tavasoli in 2012 | |
| Mayor of Tehran | |
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In office February 1979 – 5 January 1981 | |
| Preceded by | Javad Shahrestani |
| Succeeded by | Reza Zavare'i (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
15 May 1938 Tehran, Iran[1] |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Political party | Freedom Movement of Iran |
| Spouse(s) | Mina Yazdi[2] |
| Relatives | Ebrahim Yazdi (brother-in-law)[2] |
| Alma mater | University of Tehran |
| Profession | Engineer[1] |
Mohammad Tavasoli (Persian: محمد توسلی) is an Iranian democracy activist and politician. He is the Secretary-General and also the director of the political office of the Freedom Movement party.[3]
Early life
Tavasoli studied at Tehran University in 1956 and was one of the members of Anjoman-e Eslami. He joined the freedom movement soon after it was established. He went to Germany in 1962 to study transportation and traffic. After visiting the United States in 1967, he was returned to Iran and banned from traveling. He was arrested in 1971 because he helped a member of MEK and was jailed for one year. Before the Iranian Revolution, he was one the staff responsible for the advertising campaign rally to welcome Ruhollah Khomeini back to Iran after 15 years.
Political career
After the Iranian Revolution, he was elected as Mayor of Tehran. He was mayor from February 1979 until February 1980. He was jailed with Hashem Sabbaghian in 1983 but was released seven months later. He was jailed again after the 2009-2010 Iranian election protests after participating in a rally in June 2009.[4]
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- 1 2 Houchang E. Chehabi (1990). Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism: The Liberation Movement of Iran Under the Shah and Khomeini. I.B.Tauris. p. 87. ISBN 1850431981.
- 1 2 "Iran Freedom Movement Names New Head", Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 18 September 2017, retrieved 21 October 2017
- ↑ Daniel Nasaw and Matthew Weaver (18 June 2009). "Iran protests: live". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
- ↑ بازداشت توسلی، انتقام از آزادی است [Tavassoli custody, revenge of freedom] (in Arabic). Zamaaneh.com. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
| Civic offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Javad Shahrestani |
Mayor of Tehran 1979–1981 |
Succeeded by Reza Zavarei |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Ebrahim Yazdi |
Secretary-General of the Freedom Movement of Iran 2017–present |
Incumbent |
| Head of Political Bureau of the Freedom Movement of Iran 1995–present Unknown–December 1978 | ||
| Preceded by Unknown |
Succeeded by Abbas Amir-Entezam | |