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Ahmad Tavakkoli

Iranian conservative politician (1951–2025)

Summary

Iranian conservative politician (1951–2025)

Field	Value
name	Ahmad Tavakkoli
native_name	احمد توکلی
native_name_lang	fa
image	Ahmad Tavakkoli 13930925 0328468.jpg
caption	Tavakkoli in 2014
office	Member of Expediency Discernment Council
term_start	14 August 2017
term_end	23 July 2025
appointer	Ali Khamenei
1blankname	Chairman
1namedata	Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Sadeq Larijani
order1	President of the Majlis Research Center
term_start1	1 July 2004
term_end1	1 July 2012
predecessor1	Mohammad Reza Khatami
successor1	Kazem Jalali
office2	Minister of Labour
term_start2	2 November 1981
term_end2	2 August 1983
president2	Ali Khamenei
primeminister2	Mir-Hossein Mousavi
predecessor2	Mohammad Mir-Mohammad Sadeqi
successor2	Abolqasem Sarhadizadeh
office3	Member of the Parliament of Iran
term_start3	28 May 2004
term_end3	28 May 2016
constituency3	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
majority3	776,979
term_start4	28 May 1980
term_end4	12 November 1981
constituency4	Behshahr
majority4	28,850
birth_date
birth_place	Behshahr, Iran
death_date
death_place	Tehran, Iran
party	Front of Transformationalist Principlists
otherparty	Islamic Republican Party
Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization
alma_mater	University of Nottingham
relatives	{{plainlist
*Mohammad Javad Larijani (cousin) <ref name	"family"
*Fazel Larijani (cousin)<ref name	"family"/
*Ali Larijani (cousin)<ref name	"family"/
*Sadeq Larijani (cousin)<ref name	"family"/
*Bagher Larijani (cousin)<ref name	"family"/
*Sadegh Zibakalam (co-fathers-in-law)<ref name	"family2"
residence	Tehran, Iran
signature	Ahmad Tavakoli signature.svg

Sadeq Larijani Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization

Mohammad Javad Larijani (cousin)
Fazel Larijani (cousin)
Ali Larijani (cousin)
Sadeq Larijani (cousin)
Bagher Larijani (cousin)
Sadegh Zibakalam (co-fathers-in-law)

Ahmad Tavakkoli (; 5 March 1951 – 23 July 2025) was an Iranian conservative and principlist politician and journalist. He was a member of the Expediency Discernment Council. Also he was the managing-director of Alef news website and founder of the corruption watchdog, non-governmental organization Justice and Transparency Watch.

Tavakkoli was a representative of Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district in the parliament and the director of the Majlis Research Center.

Life and career

Tavakkoli was the minister of labour under Mir-Hossein Mousavi, a parliament representative from Behshahr, and a presidential candidate in two of the presidential elections in Iran (running against Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mohammad Khatami).

Tavakkoli temporarily left politics after the leftist opposition forced him out of the ministry of labour. He founded Resalat, a conservative newspaper, and later left Iran to study economics in the UK, where he received his PhD.

Views and personal life

Tavakkoli was a critic of a capitalist economy, and backed the government's role in controlling the economy. He was a cousin of the Larijani brothers, including Ali Larijani and Mohammad Javad Larijani.

Tavakkoli was also a fierce critic of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. On 2 March 2011, PBS's Tehran Bureau reported that Tavakkoli criticized the then President for mentioning only Iran and not Islam in recent speeches.

Tavakkoli died of a heart attack in Tehran, on 23 July 2025, at the age of 74.

Electoral history

Year	Election	Votes	%	Rank	Notes
1980	Parliament	28,850	50.2	1st	Won
1993	President	3,972,201	24.3	2nd	Lost
2000	Parliament	382,867	13.06	51st	Lost
2001	President	4,393,544	15.6	2nd	Lost
2004	Parliament	776,979	39.40	2nd	Won
2008	Parliament	568,459	32.65	4th	Won
2012	Parliament Round 1	481,012	22.69	7th	Went to Round 2
Parliament Round 2	404,595	35.91	3rd	Won
2016	Parliament	862,723	26.56	34th	Lost

References

(20 November 2008). "نگاهی به شکل گیری احزاب مجلس ساخته در ایران". Khabar Online.
(August 20, 2009). "Nepotism & the Larijani Dynasty". [[Tehran Bureau]].
Marsha B. Cohen. (May 2013). "The Brothers Larijani: A sphere of power". [[Al Jazeera English.
Denise Hassanzade Ajiri. (February 2016). "An introduction to Iran's parliamentary candidates". [[The Guardian]].
(2017-08-14). "تغییرات مجمع تشخیص؛ ریاست هاشمی شاهرودی و عضویت رئیسی و قالیباف".
(6 June 2015). "Three successful anti-terror operations carried out". [[Iran (newspaper).
(20 February 2016). "Oil contracts 'generally only profiting foreigners'". [[Mehr News Agency]].
Muir, Jim. (1 June 2001). "Iran election: People and policies". BBC.
Sohrabi, Naghmeh. (July 2011). "The Power Struggle in Iran: A Centrist Comeback?". Middle East Brief.
"Iran gets some diplomatic heat over opposition leader arrests". Press Roundup 3 February 2011.
(2025-07-23). "Veteran politician Ahmad Tavakoli passes away at 74".
"Getting to Know the Representatives in the Majles". The Iran Social Science Data Portal.
{{Citation. link
(27 February 2004). "آراء نهايي انتخابات مجلس هفتم در حوزه تهران اعلام شد از مجموع 3438 صندوق 1971748 برگ راي به دست آمد". [[Iranian Students' News Agency]].
(17 March 2008). "نتيجه قطعي انتخابات تهران اعلام شد". [[Fars News Agency]].
(18 March 2012). "۵۲۷ کاندیدای تهران در انتخابات ۱۲ اسفند چقدر رای آوردند؟". Khabaronline.
link. Asr Iran. (16 May 2012)
(27 February 2016). "ریز آمار نتایج 1021 کاندیدای نمایندگی مجلس در تهران + فیلم مرور روز انتخابات". [[Iranian Students' News Agency]].

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