Gholamhossein Karbaschi [SEP] occupation
Gholamhossein Karbaschi
Gholamhossein Karbaschi (, born 23 August 1954) is an Iranian politician who was the Mayor of Tehran from 1990 until 1998. He is considered politically reformist and is a close ally of former president Mohammad Khatami. He was arrested, tried convicted and imprisoned on corruption charges in what the "New York Times" claimed "was widely seen among moderates as a politically motivated attack" by the government's conservatives and hard-liners to thwart President Mohammad Khatami's reformist agenda. He is currently General Secretary of Executives
allowed to conflict with development. The party is divided into two factions in constant struggle, the more conservative "Kermani faction" led by Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani and Hossein Marashi and the more liberal "Esfahani faction" led by Mohammad Atrianfar and Gholamhossein Karbaschi.
Members.
Members Founders.
16 Founders of the party in 1996, who signed the declaration of its formation and founding board members registering the party in Ministry of Interior in 1999 were:
Members Current officeholders.
- Cabinet
- Eshaq Jahangiri (First Vice President