Mostafa Moeen (; born 1 April 1951 in
Najafabad,
Isfahan) is an Iranian politician, professor of pediatrics, and a human rights activist who is currently founder and president of the Front for Human Rights and Democracy in Iran. He was a presidential candidate for the
2005 Iranian presidential election. His campaign enjoyed the support of some
reformist parties and organizations, headed by the
Islamic Iran Participation Front (IIPF).
Currently, he is the director of Immunology, Asthma and Allergy Research Institute, affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS).
Early life
Moeen was born in 1951 in the city of
Najaf Abad. At age 18, he was accepted to
Shiraz University medical school, and after the
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution (, ), also known as the 1979 Revolution, or the Islamic Revolution of 1979 (, ) was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Impe ...
, he was appointed as the president of Shiraz University. He was elected as representative of Shiraz in mid-term elections of the first
Parliament
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of Iran in 1982.
Ministration term
Moeen was the Minister of Culture and Higher Education under President
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1989-1993) and President
Mohammad Khatami (1997-2000), and later became the Minister of Science, Research, and Technology (the same post, with a changed name) under President Khatami (2000-2003).
As a Minister, Moeen resigned after the student protests of July 1999, and again in July 2003 after he failed to persuade the
Council of Guardians to redirect his ministry towards his vision of higher "scientific productivity".
Presidential ambition
On October 12, 2004,
Mir-Hossein Mousavi declined to run for the presidency, causing the
Islamic Iran Participation Front to consider Moeen instead. IIPF members soon announced his nomination. On December 29, 2004, Moeen agreed to run for the presidency, as the first major candidate to announce his participation.
Contrary to the general expectations and the poll results, Moeen, who was expected to be among the first three most popular candidates in the first round, fared poorly and ranked fifth in the end, with the election resulting in a run-off between
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (born Mahmoud Sabbaghian on 28 October 1956) is an Iranian Iranian principlists, principlist and Iranian nationalism, nationalist politician who served as the sixth president of Iran from 2005 to 2013. He is currently a mem ...
.
Moeen's present campaign was headed by
Ali Shakouri-Rad, and he was supported by the following political parties and organizations:
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Islamic Iran Participation Front
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Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization (''sāzmān-e mojāhedin-e enghelāb-e eslāmi'')
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Movement for Liberation of Iran (''nehzat-e āzādi-e irān'')
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Council of National-Religional Forces (''shorāy-e niruhāy-e melli mazhabi'')
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Islamic Association of the Medical Society (''anjoman-e eslāmi-e jāme'e-ye pezeshki'')
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Islamic Association of the Teachers (''anjoman-e eslāmi-e mo'allemān'')
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Islamic Association of University Lecturers (''anjoman-e eslāmi-e modarresin-e dāneshgāh-hā'')
Scientific career
Mostafa Moin is one of the leading Iranian researchers in the field of pediatric immunology and allergy. He is currently president of a research center affiliated with the Tehran medical school.
External links
Official presidential campaignOfficial weblog(in Persian)
Mostafa Moin's publications in pubmed an article by
Shargh newspaper (in Persian)
Curriculum vitae of Dr. Mostafa MoinVideo Archive of Mostafa Moin's Presidential Campaign
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20th-century Iranian politicians
Candidates for President of Iran
People from Najafabad
1951 births
Living people
Islamic Iran Participation Front politicians
Islamic Association of Iranian Medical Society politicians
Members of the 1st Islamic Consultative Assembly
Members of the 3rd Islamic Consultative Assembly
Members of the 5th Islamic Consultative Assembly
Ministers of science of Iran
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences alumni