Mohammad Hossein Sharifzadegan

Mohammad Hossein Sharifzadegan
Minister of Welfare and Social Security
In office
14 July 2004  24 August 2005
PresidentMohammad Khatami
Preceded byMinistry established
Succeeded byParviz Kazemi
Personal details
Bornc. 1952 or 1953 (age 71–72)
Hamedan, Iran
Political partyIslamic Iran Participation Front
RelativesMir-Hossein Mousavi (brother-in-law)

Mohammad Hossein Sharifzadegan (Persian: محمدحسین شریف‌زادگان) is an Iranian reformist politician. He served as the head of Social Security Organization for three years before taking office as a minister. In February 2011, it was reported that he was one of several people being detained by security forces in Tehran for "security reasons".