Mohammad-Ali Abtahi

Seyed Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (; born January 28, 1960, in Mashhad) is an Iranian theologian, scholar, pro-democracy activist and chairman of the Institute for Interreligious Dialogue. During the 1980s, he worked as the head of IRIB broadcasting in Mashhad, Bushehr, and Shiraz, and between 2001 and 2004 he worked as the vice-president for legal affairs in Majlis (Islamic Parliament of Iran) and was the advisor to the president between 2004 and 2005.

After three years of living in Lebanon he joined the presidential election campaign as an IRIB broadcasting representative. He also took the position of the head of the president's office at the time of the 7th government ( Seyed Mohammad Khatami). He served served as the deputy for legal affairs for the Islamic Consultative Assembly between 2001 and 2004. Provided by Wikipedia