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Iranian politician
Mohsen Safaei Farahani
Safaei Farahani in 2018
Member of Parliament of Iran
In office
28 May 2000 – 28 May 2004
ConstituencyTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority1,038,602 (35.4%)
Personal details
Born1948 (age 75–76)
Tehran, Iran
Political partyIslamic Iran Participation Front

Mohsen Safaei Farahani (Persian: محسن صفایی فراهانی) is an Iranian reformist politician.

Career

He is a member of Mosharekat Party, the main reformist party in Iran under President Khatami. He was a Majlis representative from Tehran from 1999 to 2003. He was also the President of the Iranian Football Federation from 1998 to 2002.

IFF Transitory Board

In November 2006 the federation was suspended by FIFA due to government interference in football matters. In less than a month the ban was lifted and a new Transitory Board was composed of Farahani as chairman, Kiomars Hashemi as deputy chairman and Mohammad Hassan Ansarifar, Dr Hassan Ghafiri, Dr Mohammad Khabiri and Ali Reghbati as members.

The Transitory Board came to an end on January 9, 2008, when Ali Kaffashian was elected as the new president of the Iran Football Federation.

Arrest

Mohsen Safaei Farahani has been himself arrested in June 2009 during the aftermath of the 2009 presidential elections and subsequent protests. Safai Farahani, who has been detained since June 20, was accused of "acting against national security, propaganda against the system, insulting officials and spreading lies "lawyer Hooshang Pour-Babai told the state broadcaster".

Safaei Farahani had been sentenced to six years in jail for the first two charges and acquitted of insulting officials and spreading lies for lack of evidence, adding there would be an appeal.

References

  1. ^ "Iran jails opposition ex-IFF president for six years: Lawyer". Archived from the original on 2010-01-27. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
Sporting positions
Preceded byDariush Mostafavi President of the Football Federation of Iran
January 1997–September 2002 		Succeeded byMohammad Dadkan
Preceded byMohammad Dadkanas President of the Football Federation Chairman of Transitory Board of the Football Federation of Iran
9 November 2006–9 January 2008 		Succeeded byAli Kafashianas President of the Football Federation


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