Ali Larijani
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Ali Ardashir Larijani (Persian: علی اردشیر لاریجانی; born 1958 in Najaf, Iraq) is an Iranian politician and a presidential candidate for the 2005 presidential elections. He was the previous president of the IRIB, followed by Ezzatollah Zarghami after serving 10 years in the post from 1994 to 2004.
Before his post at the IRIB, Larijani served as the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance under President Rafsanjani after Mohammad Khatami's resignation from the post.
Larijani is considered the most important presidential candidate of the conservative alliance for the 2005 presidential elections. He is supported by the Islamic Society of Engineers (ISE) and the higher officials of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, among other conservative groups. He has been announced as the final choice of the conservative Council for Coordination, which was made from representatives of some influential conservative parties and organizations.
Ali Larijani is the son of Ayatollah Hashem Amoli, a brother of Sadegh Larijani (a cleric member of the Guardian Council), Mohammad Javad Larijani, and Fazel Larijani (Iran's cultural attachee in Ottawa). He is also the son-in-law of Ayatollah Morteza Motahhari, having married his daughter, and also a cousin of Ahmad Tavakkoli.
External links
- The new air (http://www.larijani.ir/) Larijani's official campaign website (in Persian)
- Larijani's biography on his campaign website (http://www.larijani.ir/NewsBody.aspx?ID=549) (in Persian)