Gholamhossein Karbaschi
Gholamhossein Karbaschi | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Tehran | |
| In office January 1990 – April 1998 | |
| Appointed by | Abdollah Nouri |
| Preceded by | Morteza Tabatabaei (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Morteza Alviri |
| Governor of Isfahan Province | |
| In office 14 February 1983 – 7 January 1990 | |
| President | Ali Khamenei Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
| Prime Minister | Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
| Preceded by | Abdollah Koupayi |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad-Reza Vaqefi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 August 1954 Qom, Iran |
| Political party | Executives of Construction Party |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Gendarmerie |
| Years of service | 1980–1983 |
| Commands | Ideological–Political |
Gholamhossein Karbaschi (Persian: غلامحسین کرباسچی, romanized: Gholām-Hosein Karbāschī, Persian pronunciation: [ɣolɑːmhoˈsein kaɾbɑːsˈt͡ʃiː]; born 23 August 1954) is an Iranian politician and former Shia cleric 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 was the General Secretary of Executives of Construction Party until 2021.