Mostafa Tajzadeh

Seyyed Mostafa Tajzadeh Persian: سید مصطفی تاج‌زاده
Political Vice Minister of Interior
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Born	1956 (age 54–55)
Nationality	Iranian
Political party	Islamic Iran Participation Front
Spouse(s)	Fakhrossadat Mohtashamipour
Children	2
Religion	Shia Islam

Seyyed Mostafa Tajzadeh (سید مصطفی تاج‌زاده born 1956) is an Iranian progressive, reformist politician, and a member of Islamic Iran Participation Front (Jebhe-ye Mosharekat).

Political career

Tajzadeh served as the Political Vice Minister 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.

He started working in the Islamic Republic government as an employee of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance in May, 1982. He went up to became a vice minister when Mohammad Khatami was the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, but after Khatami resigned from the post, he was downgraded to an assistant librarian. He left the ministry after a while, and worked for the newspaper Hamshahri until 1997.

Right after June 12, 2009 Iran's presidential election, Tajzadeh was arrested. He was released from jail on March 10, 2010 (18 Esfand, 1388).

Personal life

Tajzadeh is a Ph.D. student in political science from University of Tehran and has two daughters. His wife is Fakhrossadat Mohtashamipour, the cousin of cleric Ali Akbar Mohtashami-Pur. He has also lived in the United States for 31 months.

Amnesty International reported that he was arrested in June 2009, amidst the 2009 Iranian election protests.^[1]

References

1. ^ "Opposition Leaders Detained in Iran". Amnesty International. June 19, 2009. http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/opposition-leaders-detained-in-iran-20090619. 

External links

• Mostafa Tajzadeh's blog (in Persian)
• A short biography, Tajzadeh's short autobiography (in Persian)

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