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Notes on Behzad Nabavi

"Dr. Moin works closely with Behzad Nabavi a one time Communist and one of the most radical Iranian Reformists. Mr. Nabavi is a close adviser to President Khatami. He was head of the state run oil company PetroPars until he was fired for looting hundreds of millions of dollars. He is a key leader in MIRO, a party with roots in the ultra-violent terrorist group Mujahedin-e Khalq/MEK. "And then there was an attempt to connect MIRO leader Behzad Nabavi with the 1981 bombing of the Islamic Republican Party headquarters by the Mujahedin Khalq Organization, as reported in the 1 September "Aftab-i Yazd" The Mujahedin-e Khalq/MEK has very close ties to Israeli Mossad and US Military Intelligence. It is not know if Behzad Nabavi shares those ties but by his actions it is an open question." Notes on Mostafa Moin MD.

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Behzad Nabavi is an old-time leftist who started with Iran's Tudeh (Communist) Party back in the early 1960s. He later left the Communists and worked the left side of the movement until he founded the Mujahedin of Islamic Revolution Organization. MIRO or OMIR. Major supporter of Khatami's Presidential bid. Served in the 6th Majlis until he was pressured to resign amid allegations that he looted hundred of million of dollars from the State owned Petropars. Nabavi was not allowed to stand for election to the seventh Majlis.

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  • Profile of Behzad Nabavi
    Date & Place of Birth: 1942, Tehran
    Education: Master's Degree in electronics from Amir Kabir University (former Tehran Polytechnic) in 1964

    Politically, Behzad Nabavi has an interesting background. He was a member of the National Front in the early 1960s; later associated with leftists and Islamic groups; then he formed an Islamic political group with former members of the National Front and advocated armed struggle against the former regime (1970); served 6.5 years in prison (1971-1978).

    After the 1979 Islamic revolution Nabavi was a member of the IRIB supervisory council (December 1979). He also was a founding member of the Mujahedin of Islamic Revolution Organisation as a semi-clandestine paramilitary group. In 1980 he became minister without portfolio for executive affairs and spokesperson of the government. He helped establish the National Economic Mobilization Headquarters assigned to ration staple commodities following the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war and took charge of it (1980-1982). He also played a major role in Algiers negotiations with the United States for the release of Americans taken hostage in Iran and signed the Algerian Declarations with the United States on behalf of the Iranian government.

    Nabavi became Heavy Industry Minister in 1982 and held the portfolio until August 1989. During this tenure he was accused by the conservatives of mismanagement and corruption but survived 10 motions of no confidence by the Majles from 1980-1989; Deputy Chief of Armed Forces General Command for Logistics and Industrial Support. Since 1989, he has been focusing on his political grouping (Organization of the Mujhahedin of Islamic Revolution) but has held many positions, including a member of board of the MAPNA company and also Chairman of Petropars from 1998 to 2001." Behzad Nabavi and the Petropars Scandal

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