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Dr Mostafa Moeen

Mostafa Moeen, M.D. (مصطفی معین; born April 1, 1951), also spelled Moin, is an Iranian politician and professor of Pediatrics, and an Advisor to the former President Mohammad Khatami. He was a presidential candidate for the 2005 Iranian presidential election. His campaign enjoyed the support of some reformist parties and organizations, headed by the Islamic Iran Participation Front (IIPF).

Moeen was born in 1951 in the city of Najaf Abad. At age 18, he was accepted to Shiraz University Medical School in Shiraz, and after the 1979 Islamic revolution, he was appointed as the president of Shiraz University. He was elected as representative of Shiraz in mid-term elections of the first Majlis (parliament) of the Islamic Republic in 1982.

Moeen was the Minister of Culture and Higher Education under President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1989-1993) and President Mohammad Khatami (1997-2000), and later became the Minister of Science, Research, and Technology (the same post, with a changed name) under President Khatami (2000-2003). As a Minister, Moeen resigned two times, first after the student protests of July, 1999, and then in July, 2003 after he failed to persuade the Council of Guardians to redirect his ministry towards higher "scientific productivity".

On October 12, 2004, Mir-Hossein Mousavi declined to run for the presidency, causing the IIPF to consider Moeen instead. IIPF members soon announced his nomination. On December 29, 2004 Moeen agreed to run for the presidency, as the first major candidate to announce his participation.

Contrary to the general expectations and the poll results, Moeen who was expected to be among the first three most popular candidates in the first round, ranked fifth in the end, with the election resulting in a run-off between Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Moeen's present campaign was headed by Ali Shakouri-Rad, and he was supported by the following political parties and organizations:

• Islamic Iran Participation Front
• Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization (sāzmān-e mojāhedin-e enghelāb-e eslāmi)
• Movement for Liberation of Iran (nehzat-e āzādi-e irān)
• Council of National-Religional Forces (shorāy-e niruhāy-e melli mazhabi)
• Islamic Association of the Medical Society (anjoman-e eslāmi-e jāme'e-ye pezeshki)
• Islamic Association of the Teachers (anjoman-e eslāmi-e mo'allemān)
• Islamic Association of University Lecturers (anjoman-e eslāmi-e modarresin-e dāneshgāh-hā)

Mostafa Moin is one of the leading Iranian researchers in the field of pediatric immunology and allergy. He is currently president of a research center affiliated with the Tehran medical school.

• Official presidential campaign
• Official weblog (in Persian)
• Mostafa Moin's publications in pubmed
• Moeen's candidacy for presidency by IIPF, an article by Shargh newspaper (in Persian)
• Curriculum vitae of Dr. Mostafa Moin