Mehdi Karroubi
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Key facts
- Appointed by
- Ali Khamenei
- Chairman
- Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
- Preceded by
- Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel
- Deputy
- Behzad Nabavi , Mohammad-Reza Khatami
- Succeeded by
- Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel
- Constituency
- Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
- Majority
- 892,640 (30.45%)
- Born
- ( 1937-09-26 ) 26 September 1937 (age 88) , Aligudarz , Lorestan Province, Imperial State of Iran
- Party
- The Green Path of Hope (2009–present) National Trust Party (2005–present) Association of Combatant Clerics (1988–2005) Islamic Republican Party (1979–1987) Combatant Clergy Association (1978–1988)
- Spouse
- Fatemeh Karroubi ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1962 )
- Alma mater
- University of Tehran
- Website
- Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mehdi
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Iran
- Place of birth
- Aligudarz
- Spouse
- Fatemeh Karroubi
- Occupation
- businessperson
- Educated at
- University of Tehran
- Political party
- National Trust Party
- Languages spoken
- Persian
- Native language
- Luri
- Religion
- Shia Islam
- Student of
- Hussein-Ali Montazeri
- Image
- Karubi in zanjan.jpg
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- Mehdi Karroubi
- date of birth
- 1937-09-26
- name in native language
- مهدی کروبی
- P10632
- Mehdi Karroubi
- ethnic group
- Lurs
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Encyclopedic overview
Mehdi Karroubi (Persian: مهدی کروبی, romanized: Mehdi Karrubi, born 26 September 1937) is an Iranian Shia cleric and reformist politician leading the National Trust Party. Following 2009–2010 Iranian election protests, Karroubi was put under house arrest in February 2011. As of 2025, he is still confined to his house.
He was the speaker of the parliament from 1989 to 1992 and 2000 to 2004, and a presidential candidate in the 2005 and 2009 presidential elections.
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