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The opening as it read in 2005

He is the first cabinet member in Iran to write a weblog or have an orkut account during his membership in the cabinet.¹ Abtahi is a member of the central council of Militant Clerics Society ( Majma'e Rowhaniyoon-e Mobarez ), the political party which both Mohammad Khatami and Mehdi Karroubi (the previous Speaker of Majlis of Iran ) belong to.² Abtahi was the Iranian Vice President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs from September 2 , 2001 to October 12 , 2004 . He had resigned from his post three times after the Iranian Majlis election of 2004 , because of "differences in political viewpoints with the paliament's majority", and finally, on October 12 , 2004 , his resignation was accepted by President Khatami . He was followed by Majead Ansari , a previous representative of Tehran to the Parliament and a member of the same party (Militant Clerics Society). Before his vice presidency, Abtahi was the Iranian president Mohammad Khatami's Chief of Staff from July 10 , 1997 to September 1 , 2001 . Before that, he had served in various governmental posts, including the President of Iranian Radio , Vice Minister of International Affairs in the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, and IRIB 's representative in Lebanon . Abtahi is married to Fahimeh Mousavinezhad (daughter of one of his professors) and has three daughters, named Fa’ezeh, Fatemeh, and Farideh. He is also the nephew of Abdolkarim Hasheminezhad . v t e³

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The opening as it stood in 2010 8 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

Hojjat ol-Eslam Seyyed Mohammad Ali Abtahi ( ; born January 27, 1958) is an Iranian theologian, scholar, pro-democracy activist and chairman of the Institute for Interreligious Dialogue . He is a former Vice President of Iran and a close associate of former President Mohammad Khatami . Abtahi is a member of the central council of Association of Combatant Clerics ( Majma'e Rowhaniyoon-e Mobarez ), the political grouping to which both Khatami and the 2009 presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi (the previous Speaker of Majlis of Iran ) belong.

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The opening as it stood in 2015

Mohammad-Ali Abtahi ( ; born January 27, 1958) is an Iranian theologian, scholar, pro-democracy activist and chairman of the Institute for Interreligious Dialogue . He is a former Vice President of Iran and a close associate of former President Mohammad Khatami . Abtahi is a member of the central council of Association of Combatant Clerics ( Majma'e Rowhaniyoon-e Mobarez ), the political grouping to which both Khatami and the 2009 presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi (the previous Speaker of Majlis of Iran ) belong.

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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023 3 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

Iranian cleric and politician Seyed Mohammad-Ali Abtahi ( ; born January 28, 1960, in Mashhad ) is an intellectual clergy ; a politician who is also active in arts and cultural areas on social media; An Iranian blogger, who is currently working as the president of the international institute of Religions' Dialogue and finally a member of Founders’ council and Central Council of Combatant Clergy Association. During the 1980s, he worked as the head of IRIB broadcasting in Mashhad, Bushehr , and Shiraz , and between 2001 and 2004 he worked as the vice-president for legal affairs in Majlis (Islamic Parliament of Iran) and was the advisor to the president between 2004 and 2005. After three years of living in Lebanon he joined the presidential election campaign as an IRIB broadcasting representative. He also took the position of the head of the president's office at the time of the 7th government ( Seyed Mohammad Khatami ). At the 8th government, between 2001 and 2004, he became the deputy for legal affairs and the president's assembly . Moreover, he was the advisor to the president in years of 2004 and 2005.

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The opening as it stood in 2025 3 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

Iranian cleric and politician Seyed Mohammad-Ali Abtahi ( Persian : محمدعلی ابطحی ; born January 28, 1960, in Mashhad ) is an Iranian theologian, scholar, pro-democracy activist and chairman of the Institute for Interreligious Dialogue . During the 1980s, he worked as the head of IRIB broadcasting in Mashhad, Bushehr , and Shiraz , and between 2001 and 2004 he worked as the vice-president for legal affairs in Majlis (Islamic Parliament of Iran) and was the advisor to the president between 2004 and 2005. After three years of living in Lebanon he joined the presidential election campaign as an IRIB broadcasting representative. He also took the position of the head of the president's office at the time of the 7th government ( Seyed Mohammad Khatami ). He served as the deputy for legal affairs for the Islamic Consultative Assembly between 2001 and 2004.

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