Ata'ollah Mohajerani | |
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| Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance | |
| In office 20 August 1997 – 14 December 2000 | |
| President | Mohammad Khatami |
| Preceded by | Mostafa Mir-Salim |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad Masjed-Jamei |
| Vice President of Iran for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs | |
| In office 1989–1997 | |
| President | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
| Succeeded by | Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Iran for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs | |
| In office 1985–1989 | |
| Prime Minister | Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
| Member of the Parliament of Iran | |
| In office 28 May 1980 – 28 May 1984 | |
| Constituency | Shiraz |
| Majority | 122,678 (79.8%)[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 July 1954 Arak, Markazi province, Imperial State of Iran |
| Political party | Executives of Construction Party |
| Spouse | Jamileh Kadivar |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence(s) | London, England[2] |
| Alma mater | University of Isfahan Shiraz University Tarbiat Modares University |
| Website | mohajerani |
Sayyid Ata'ollah Mohajerani (Persian: سید عطاءالله مهاجرانی, also Romanized as Atā'ollāh Mohājerāni; born 24 July 1954) is an Iranian journalist, author, and reformist politician. Mohajerani served as Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Iran under President Mohammad Khatami from 1997 until 2000 when he was fired from office for alleged "permissiveness".[3] He is living as a UK citizen.[4]
- ^ "Parliament members" (in Persian). Iranian Majlis. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ "Iran uses fabricated WikiLeaks cable to smear UN rights rapporteur". TheGuardian.com. 2 August 2015.
- ^ Christopher de Bellaigue, The Struggle for Iran, New York Review of Books, 2007, p. 5
- ^ "Salman Rushdie and a question of power". The Spectator.