Mohsen Aminzadeh
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Mohsen Aminzadeh | |
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محسن امینزاده | |
| Deputy Foreign Minister, Iran | |
| In office 1997–2005 | |
| President | Mohammad Khatami |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 25, 1957 Mashhad, Iran |
| Party | Reformists |
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| Alma mater | |
Mohsen Aminzadeh (Persian: محسن امینزاده, born 1957) is an Iranian reformist politician and former diplomat. Aminzadeh was a founding member of the largest reformist party, the Islamic Iran Participation Front.[1] He served as the Deputy Foreign Minister during the 1997-2005 administration of the Iranian president Mohammad Khatami.
Like many other senior reformist politicians, Aminzadeh was arrested in June 2009 for protesting the disputed re-election of president Ahmadinejad and convicted in 2010 of conspiring to "disturb security" and "spreading propaganda" against the Islamic Republic.[2]
Aminzadeh received a B.Sc. in Mining Engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology in 1982. He entered Shahid Beheshti University in late 1990 and studied for a Masters in Political Science. He also has PhD in Political Science from Tehran University.
Political career
In 1988, Aminzadeh was appointed the first head of a department dedicated to the press within the Ministry of Culture. He served as Deputy Foreign Minister from 1997 to 2005 under the reformist administration of Mohammad Khatami.
