What is Mehdi Tabatabaei?
[[File:Mehdi Tabatabaei 1393.jpg|right|200px]] [[Seyyed]] '''Mehdi Tabatabaei Shirazi''' ({{lang-fa|سید مهدی طباطبایی شیرازی}}, March 21, 1936 — May 17, 2018) was an Iranian [[Shia]] cleric and [[conservative]] politician. He served as member of the [[Majlis of Iran|Parliament of Iran]] from 2004 to 2008, representing the districts of [[Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr (electoral district)|Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr]]. He represented [[Mashhad and Kalat (electoral district)|Mashhad and Kalat]] from 1984 to 1988. He was born in [[Rafsanjan]], [[Iran]]. Tabatabaei was a critic of former President [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ahmadinejad's claim that Chávez will be resurrected with Jesus 'went too far'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/2013/mar/07/ahmadinejad-chavez-resurrected-too-far|publisher=Guardian|date=7 March 2013|access-date=28 March 2017}}</ref> Tabatabaei died in [[Tehran]] on May 17, 2018 of [[lung disease]] at the age of 82.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.farsnews.ir/news/13970222001502/%D8%AD%D8%AC%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B9-%DA%AF%D9%81%D8%AA |title=حجت‌الاسلام والمسلمین طباطبایی دار فانی را وداع گفت |access-date=2018-05-20 |archive-date=2018-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520123832/https://www.farsnews.ir/news/13970222001502/%D8%AD%D8%AC%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B9-%DA%AF%D9%81%D8%AA |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tabatabaei, Seyyed Mehdi}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from lung disease]] [[Category:Iranian politicians]] {{bio-st