Mir-Hossein Mousavi

Born

March 2, 1942 (age 84)

Known as

politician, painter, architect, journalist, essayist, writer

Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh is an Iranian politician, artist, architect, and opposition figure who served as the last prime minister of Iran from 1981 to 1989. He was a reformist candidate for the 2009 presidential election and eventually the leader of the opposition in the post-election unrest. Mousavi served as the president of the Iranian Academy of Arts until 2009, when Iranian authorities removed him. Although Mousavi had always considered himself a reformist and believed in promoting change within the 1979 constitution, on 3 February 2023, in the Mahsa Amini protests, he announced his opposition to the Islamic Republic and asked for a widespread referendum to fully change the constitution and make a fundamental change in Iran's political system.

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