Mostafa Mir-Salim

Mostafa Mir-Salim is a conservative Iranian politician.

Mir-Salim served as the national police chief following the Iranian Revolution.^[1] He was proposed by President Abolhassan Banisadr in July 1980 as a candidate for Prime Minister, as a compromise candidate acceptable to both Banisadr and the Majlis dominated by the Islamic Republican Party.^[1][2] However, Banisadr was pressured to accept Mohammad-Ali Rajai instead.^[2]

Mir-Salim served as Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance in the mid 1990s, where his tenure was characterized by a strongly conservative Islamist direction, aiming to stave off the "cultural onslaught" of Western culture and promote pious Islamic culture in its place, including through the use of repressive measures. The Ministry under his direction was particularly known for closing a number of reformist newspapers.^[3]

He was later appointed to the Expediency Discernment Council.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Iran's Police Chief Chosen as Premier in Compromise Move". The New York Times: p. 1. July 27, 1980. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10B10FC345F13778DDDAE0A94DF405B8084F1D3. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Mohsen M. Milani (1994). The Making of Iran's Islamic Revolution: From Monarchy to Islamic Republic. Westview Press. p. 176. ISBN 0813384761. 
3. ^ Mehdi Moslem (2002). Factional Politics in Post-Khomeini Iran. Syracuse University Press. pp. 221–223. ISBN 0815629788. 

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