Mohsen Mirdamadi

Mohsen Mirdamadi (Persian: محسن میردامادی, born 1955 in Najafabad, Isfahan) is an Iranian academic and politician.

In 2000 he ran for parliament as a reformist on a platform of freedom and restoring the rule-of-law to Iran, easily winning his seat.

In an interview in Tehran with American journalist Robin Wright he explainedWe always wanted a country that had independence, freedoms, and was an Islamic republic ...

[4]As the chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the 6th Majlis, Mohsen Mirdamadi hosted several diplomats visiting Iran.

Mohsen Mirdamadi was the director of the Nowruz newspaper which covered Iranian reformists points of view.

In 2003, the Iranian Judiciary Power held over 8 sessions of trial, and sentenced Mohsen Mirdamadi to 6-month jail while he was still a member of the parliament and still chaired the Commission of National Security and Foreign Policy.