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Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh is an Iranian politician, artist, architect, and opposition figure who served as the forty-fifth and last Prime Minister of Iran from 1981 to 1989. He was a reformist candidate for the 2009 presidential election and eventually the leader of the opposition in the post-election unrest. Mousavi served as the president of the Iranian Academy of Arts until 2009, when Irania…
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culture · Prime Minister of Iran from 1981 to 1989 · politician · painter · architect · journalist · essayist · writer · university teacher · also Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Hossein Mousavi, Sayyid Hossein Mousavi, Mir-Hossein Mousavi of Khameneh, Hossein Ismail Mousavi, M. H Mousavi
Born 29 September 1941 · Q217154
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2026· 3 entries
“We should reform laws that are unfair to women.”
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“Previously, he was revolutionary, because everyone inside the system was a revolutionary. But now he's a reformer. Now he knows Gandhi – before he knew only Che Guevara. If we gain power through aggression we would have to keep it through aggression. That is why we're having a green revolution, defined by peace and democracy.”
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2019· 1 entry
Mousavi was given the right to exit his home once a week
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2013· 1 entry
It was announced that Mousavi and Rahnavard would soon be freed from house arrest
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2009· 2 entries
In which protesters demanded the removal of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from office
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Campaign: 2009 presidential candidacy.
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1997· 1 entry
Career landmark: advisor to the President of Iran (1997–2005).
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1989· 3 entries
Career landmark: Member of the Expediency Discernment Council (1989–2011).
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Mousavi was no longer welcome in the government
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Ali Khamenei named him as a member of the Expediency Discernment Council, his membership of which still continues
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1988· 1 entry
Career landmark: Chief of the General Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces (1988–1989).
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1986· 1 entry
Mousavi played a great role in the Iran–Contra affair and secret negotiations and dealing with USA on helping them free the American hostages in Lebanon, in return for sale of the American weapons and spare-parts that Ir
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1984· 2 entries
Career landmark: Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (1984–1984).
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Career landmark: Minister of Education (Iran) (1984–1984).
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1983· 3 entries
Career landmark: Minister of Roads and Urban Development (1983–1984).
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Career landmark: Minister of Agriculture Jihad (1983–1983).
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Career landmark: Minister of Industries and Mines (Iran) (1983–1983).
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1982· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance (1982–1982).
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1981· 7 entries
“There are two ways of confronting the country's problems. One is through a management style based on adventurism, instability, play-acting, exaggerations, wrongdoing, being secretive, self-importance, superficiality and ignoring the law. The second way is based on realism, respect, openness, collective wisdom and avoiding extremism.”
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“Ahmadinejad's dictatorial ways have hurt Iran's image across the globe and could be a prelude to dictatorship.”
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“I’m not afraid of being one of the post-election martyrs who lost their lives in their struggle for their rightful demands. My blood is no different from that of other martyrs.”
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Career landmark: Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran (1981–1981).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Iran (1981–1989).
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Career landmark: president (1981–1989).
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“People must be able to express their opinion and protest freely. A free society in the country can protect it much better than any military force.”
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1979· 2 entries
Mousavi helped Mohammad Beheshti found the Islamic Republican Party in 1979 in order to assist the establishment of the Islamic republic in Iran and hasten the overthrow of Iran's monarchy
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“s most enlightened women He and his wife, Zahra Rahnavard, were active in the Islamic revolution that overthrew the Shah. Mr Mousavi defended the taking and holding of American hostages by Iranian militants in 1979 as serving the revolution”
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1969· 3 entries
Was awarded his master's degree in architecture from the National University of Tehran, focusing primarily on traditional Iranian architecture
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Studied at Shahid Beheshti University, master's degree (1969).
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Mousavi married Zahra Rahnavard, a fellow university student who specialized in sculpture, and was among the well-known students of Ali Shariati
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1941· 1 entry
Born 1941-09-29.
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