Preceded by Alireza Rajaei Education University of Tehran Nationality Iranian Role Politician | Succeeded by Reza Zavarei Name Mohammad Tavasoli Preceded by Javad Shahrestani Religion Shia Islam | |
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Born 1 January 1938 (age 86)
Tehran, Iran ( 1938-01-01 ) Political party Council of Nationalist-Religious Activists of Iran | ||
Other political
affiliations Freedom Movement | ||
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.
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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.