Mohammad-Ali Abtahi

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Mohammad-Ali Abtahi
Vice President of Iran for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
In office 2 September 2001 – 12 October 2004
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari
Succeeded by	Majid Ansari
Head of President's Office
In office 10 August 1997 – 2 September 2001
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Mohsen Hashemi Rafsanjani
Succeeded by	Ali Khatami
Personal details
Born	(1958-09-29) September 29, 1958 (age 66) Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran
Political party	Association of Combatant Clerics
Alma mater	Isfahan University (B.A. in Western Philosophy) University of Tehran (M.A. in education)
Website	www.webneveshteha.com

Seyed Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (Persian: محمدعلی ابطحی; born January 28, 1960, in Mashhad)^[1] is an Iranian theologian, scholar, pro-democracy activist and chairman of the Institute for Interreligious Dialogue. During the 1980s, he worked as the head of IRIB broadcasting in Mashhad, Bushehr, and Shiraz, and between 2001 and 2004 he worked as the vice-president for legal affairs in Majlis (Islamic Parliament of Iran) and was the advisor to the president between 2004 and 2005.

After three years of living in Lebanon he joined the presidential election campaign as an IRIB broadcasting representative. He also took the position of the head of the president's office at the time of the 7th government ( Seyed Mohammad Khatami).^[2] He served as the deputy for legal affairs for the Islamic Consultative Assembly between 2001 and 2004.