12 Facts About Ata'ollah Mohajerani

Sayyid Ata'ollah Mohajerani is an Iranian journalist, author, and reformist politician.

Ata'ollah Mohajerani received his bachelor's degree in history from University of Isfahan, his master's degree in history and Iranian culture from Shiraz University and his PhD in history from Tarbiat Modares University.

Ata'ollah Mohajerani earned the wrath of conservatives by allowing hundreds of new publications to start up, the release of fifty-some Persian pop music albums, and the screening of the controversial movie Two Women.

Ata'ollah Mohajerani survived impeachment by the 5th Majlis which was dominated by the conservatives in part with a "daring" speech defending the principle of freedom of speech in Islamic rather than Western terms.

Ata'ollah Mohajerani served as the speaker of the cabinet during that time.

Ata'ollah Mohajerani later became the president of the Iranian International Centre for Dialogue among Civilizations, but resigned from the post.

Ata'ollah Mohajerani was a member and a founder of Executives of Construction Party, which is considered a backer of Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

Ata'ollah Mohajerani participated in the funeral and burial of former revolutionary Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan, when few Iranian officials dared doing so because of Bazargan's very unpopular status among the higher ranks of the Islamic Republic government.

Ata'ollah Mohajerani is married to Jamileh Kadivar, who is a reformist politician and a former member of parliament.

Ata'ollah Mohajerani left Iran and as of 2009 lives in England with his wife.

In 1995, Ata'ollah Mohajerani wrote a short story gleefully satirising this British writer's fear of being attacked.

In January 2023, The Guardian reported that the Metropolitan Police was reviewing a legal dossier filed in August 2022 that accused Ata'ollah Mohajerani of encouraging terrorism contrary to the Terrorism Act 2006.