1. Mohammad-Ali Abtahi took the position of the head of the president's office at the time of the 7th government.
15 Facts About Mohammad-Ali Abtahi
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Mohammad-Ali Abtahi served as the deputy for legal affairs for the Islamic Consultative Assembly between 2001 and 2004.
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Mohammad-Ali Abtahi's father being from Mashhad and his mother being from Behshahr, he pursued his educations in religious studies as a family tradition and in 1976 he accomplished Dars-Kharij-Fiqh.
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Mohammad-Ali Abtahi has three brothers, Mohammad Taghi, Hossein, and Reza and two sisters, Hourieh and Narges.
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Mohammad-Ali Abtahi was transferred to Tehran in 1983 and was assigned as Radio Iran's director.
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Mohammad-Ali Abtahi remained in the same position until 1988, when he became the deputy of IRIB Broadcasting overseas department, and while Mohammad Reza Khatami was the minister of Islamic Guidance, Abtahi became the deputy of the international affairs of this ministry, responsible for community centers and cultural discussions all over the world.
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Mohammad-Ali Abtahi has been a member of the Founders' Council and Central Council of Combatant Clergy Association ever since they have been established.
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Mohammad-Ali Abtahi was arrested by the order of Saeed Mortazavi issued before the election.
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Mohammad-Ali Abtahi appeared in a news conference together with Mohammad Atrianfar and considered Mirhossein Mousavi to be under the illusion of fraud and called Seyyed Mohammad Khatami's association with Mousavi treacherous.
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Mohammad-Ali Abtahi accused Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani of taking revenge on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Seyedali Khamenei.
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The Secretariat of Expediency Discernment Council issued a statement rejecting the remarks of Mohammad-Ali Abtahi, calling them completely false, claiming the uncertainty of the conditions and considerations under which these remarks were made.
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On November 21,2009, Mohammad-Ali Abtahi was sentenced to six years of penal servitude, and on November 22,2009, he was released from prison after 160 days on bail.
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Mohammad-Ali Abtahi hit the car with his knife and at the same time, another cycle rider approached me with a thick cable in his hand, and hit the rear window so severely that the whole glass was smashed, making a loud sound.
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Mohammad-Ali Abtahi was talking on the phone and signaled them to stop.
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Mohammad-Ali Abtahi is the first Iranian politician to use Internet to write blogs.