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Notes on Mostafa Moin MD.

Also translated as Mostafa Mo'in and Mostafa Moein

Dr. Moin Was Never a Serious Candidate

Dropped from the Presidential Ballot and then Reinstated.

In a masterful move the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei headed off a diabolical plot to destroy the Presidential elections. Mostafa Moin was not a serious candidate for the Presidency. The plan was to say anything necessary to build a following but also to say things to guarantee that he could never get past the Guardian Council. Dr. Moin toured the country saying things guaranteed to incite the Ayatollah Janati head of the Guardian Council. Once thrown off the ballot Moin and his allies, a coalition of Communists and anti--Islamic agitators, would then challenge the standing of the election and call for a Reformist boycott.

Why would Moin and MIRO and the IIPF want to destroy the elections. First of all they cannot win. If they could win Dr. Moin would not have been saying the provocative comments. Secondly since they could not win they desired to hurt the Islamic Republic of Iran. Moin and his allies do not support the theocracy and wish to see it end so that they can go on to a new system.

By adding Dr. Moin to the Ballot Ayatollah Ali Khamenei headed off the plot to destroy the elections and he put Dr. Moin in a very awkward position. With Moin on the Ballot it draws votes from Mehdie Karrubi the leading Reformist candidate. It is a fair bet that Rafsanjani will be the leading vote getter but he may not draw 50 % which means no win and the top two vote getters go on to a runoff election. With the Reformists divided it will be Rafsanjani #1 and Qalibaf #2. I do not think Karrubi can out poll Qalibaf even if the other two Reformists drop out but if Qalibaf makes a mistake Karrubi might have a chance. But he is boxed in. Moin will not admit that his candidacy was a farce although he would love to get off the ballot right now. The end result will be that Moin is shown to be a "paper tiger" and the Reformist movement is shown to be a powerless and irrelevant part of Iranian politics.

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.

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Mostafa Moin MD. has been dropped from the ballot for the Presidency because of his opposition to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This is much like the Loyalty Oaths that were instituted in the US to screen out enemies of the state. The basis of the Islamic Republic of Iran is Velayat-e Faqih. reformists who support Velayat-e Faqih such as Mehdi Karrubi are allowed to run but candidates such as Moin who tour the country speaking out against the Government are disallowed. Think of it this way, What would happen if the President of the US refused to say yes to the oath of office?

Dr. Moin is an internationally recognized pediatrician. He also has a long record of service to the Republic most recently as Minister of Science, Research & Technology and before that as Minister of Culture & Higher Education under President Khatami. He also served in the first, third, and fifth Majlis. Moin is the first choice of the Iran Participation Front (IIPF) as their candidate for President in the 2995 election. Dr. Moin has strong support from the liberal wing of the Reformist movement.

Some articles:

Left to right: Dr Henrik Foeth, Team Leader CMS; Dr Daniel Denegri, Physics Coordinator CMS; Prof. Tejinder Virdee, Deputy Spokesman CMS; Prof. Luciano Maiani, CERN Director-General - signing; Mr Jean-Marie Dufour, Head of the CERN Legal Service, Mr Ghodratollah Habibpour Gharakol, back; Dr Abdolali Sharghi, Advisor to the Minister and Director General, Office of International Scientific Cooperation, Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology; Dr Mostafa Moin, Minister of Science, Research and Technology, Islamic Republic of Iran - signing; Dr Reza Mansouri, Director, International Scientific Meetings Office, Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology; H. E. Dr Ali Khorram, Extraordinary and plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations in Geneva, Dr Hans F. Hoffmann, CERN Director for Technology Transfer & for Scientific Computing. http://bulletin.cern.ch/eng/articles.php?bullno=29/2001&base=art&artno=BUL-NA-2001-040

E-mail: mmoin@sina.tums.ac.ir
Born March 31st 1951 Najafabad, Isfahan Province
Family Status: Married with three children
1969 to 1976 Shiraz University School of Medicine graduated with a Doctor of Medicine degree.
1976 to 1979: Shiraz University School of Medicine Board Certified in Pediatrics.
1979-1980 Director of the Rural Medicine Project of Isfahan University.
Chancellor of Shiraz University (1981-1982).
1982-1984 Member First Majlis from Shiraz
1983 - 2003 Member Supreme Cultural Revolution Council (SCRC)
Member Third Majlis from Tehran 1988 - 1989
1989-93 - Minister of Culture and Higher Education Appointed by President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
1993 to 1996: Children's Medical Center, Tehran Board Certified in Clinical Immunology & Allergy.
Member Fifth Majlis from Isfahan 1996 - 2000
1997-2000 Minister of Culture & Higher Education Appointed by President Mohammad Khatami
2000-2003 Minister of Science, Research & Technology 7/28/2003 Appointed by President Mohammad Khatami

My focus is primarily on Dr. Moin as a politician. He is also a world renowned Doctor, Scientist, and Professor. For more on that see C.V. Mostafa Moin M.D

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