Mahmoud Sadeghi
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Mahmoud Sadeghi () is an Iranian lawyer, jurist, academic and
reformist Reformism is a political tendency advocating the reform of an existing system or institution – often a political or religious establishment – as opposed to its abolition and replacement via revolution. Within the socialist movement, ref ...
politician who was a member of the
Parliament of Iran The Islamic Consultative Assembly (), also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles (Arabicised spelling Majlis) or ICA, is the unicameral national legislative body of Iran. The parliament currently consists of 290 representatives, an i ...
representing Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district from May 2016 to May 2020.


Early life

Sadeqi was born in Aligoudarz in 1962 to a clerical family. His father, Mohammad Hossein Sadeghi, was one of the many clerics opposed to the
Pahlavi dynasty The Pahlavi dynasty () is an List of monarchs of Iran, Iranian royal dynasty that was the Pahlavi Iran, last to rule Iran before the country's monarchy was abolished by the Iranian Revolution in 1979. It was founded in 1925 by Reza Shah, Reza S ...
, and was a student of
Ayatollah Khomeini Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (17 May 1900 or 24 September 19023 June 1989) was an Iranian revolutionary, politician, political theorist, and religious leader. He was the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the main leader of the Iranian ...
. After the revolution, Mohammad Hossein Sadeghi was killed in the
Hafte Tir bombing On 28 June 1981 (7 Tir 1360 in the Iranian calendar; , ), a powerful bomb went off at the headquarters of the Islamic Republican Party (IRP) in Tehran, while a meeting of party leaders was in progress. Seventy-four leading officials of the Isla ...
.


Education

Sadeqi received his bachelor's degree in law from the
University of Tehran The University of Tehran (UT) or Tehran University (, ) is a public collegiate university in Iran, and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as ...
in 1990. He received his Masters in private law from
Tarbiat Modares University Tarbiat Modares University (: ''Dāneshgāh-e Tarbiyat Modarres'', lit. "Professor Training University") is a graduate public university located in Tehran, Iran. Faculties Tarbiat Modares University (TMU) was established in 1982 and is a comp ...
in 1993, and received his Doctorate in private law from the same university in 2000.


Career

Sadeqi is an associate professor at the
Tarbiat Modares University Tarbiat Modares University (: ''Dāneshgāh-e Tarbiyat Modarres'', lit. "Professor Training University") is a graduate public university located in Tehran, Iran. Faculties Tarbiat Modares University (TMU) was established in 1982 and is a comp ...
and his field of expertise is
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.


Electoral history


Personal life

On 25 February 2020, after the
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became known to have spread to Iran, Sadeqi stated that he had been infected with
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, the virus that causes
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.


References

Living people 20th-century Iranian lawyers 21st-century Iranian lawyers Iranian reformists Members of the 10th Islamic Consultative Assembly 1962 births University of Tehran alumni Tarbiat Modares University alumni Academic staff of Tarbiat Modares University Islamic Association of University Instructors politicians Secretaries-general of political parties in Iran Rotating presidents of the Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front Volunteer Basij personnel of the Iran–Iraq War Islamic Republican Party politicians {{Iran-MP-stub