13 Facts About Mostafa Mir-Salim

Sayyid Mostafa Agha Mirsalim was born on 10 June 1947 and is an Iranian engineer and conservative politician.

Mostafa Mir-Salim is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council.

Mostafa Mir-Salim was formerly a member of Islamic Consultative Assembly from 2020 to 2024.

Mostafa Mir-Salim worked as an intern in Alsace Mechanical Industries until 1976, when he returned to Iran.

Mostafa Mir-Salim worked at Tehran Metro as the operational director from 1976 to 1979.

Mostafa Mir-Salim served as the national police chief following the Iranian Revolution.

Mostafa Mir-Salim was proposed by then president Abulhassan Banisadr in July 1980 as a candidate for the prime minister as a compromise candidate acceptable to both Banisadr and the Majlis dominated by the Islamic Republican Party.

From 1981 to 1989, Mostafa Mir-Salim was the advisor to then president Ayatollah Khamenei.

Mostafa Mir-Salim was appointed Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance in 1994.

Mostafa Mir-Salim's tenure was characterized by a strongly conservative Islamist direction, aiming to stave off the "cultural onslaught" of Western culture and promote pious Islamic culture in its place, including through the use of repressive measures.

Mostafa Mir-Salim was later appointed to the Expediency Discernment Council.

Mostafa Mir-Salim is assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran.

Mostafa Mir-Salim is fond of swimming and usually wears shenandoah beard, collarless tuxedos and dark calottes that serve as his signature look.