About Mohammad Tavasoli
Born 1938. Mohammad Tavasoli is an Iranian politician and activist.
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 of 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, again in March 1988 and then after the 2009-2010 Iranian election protests after participating in a rally in June 2009.
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Who is Mohammad Tavasoli?
Iranian politician
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Mohammad Tavasoli was born on 15 May 1938 in Tehran.
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Mohammad Tavasoli is a politician and activist.
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Mohammad Tavasoli is Iranian.
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