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  Ahmad Tavakkoli - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ahmad Tavakkoli (احمد توکلی in Persian) is a conservative representative of Tehran in the Iranian parliament, and the Director of Majlis Research Center.
Tavakkoli is a critic of a capitalistic economy, and backs the government's role in controlling the economy.
Tavakkoli is a cousin of the Larijani brothers, the most famous of which are Ali Larijani and Mohammad Javad Larijani.
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Ahmad Yarahmadi-Khorassani, Ghafoor Helmi-Tarfi, Seyed Jalal Fayyazi, Abdollah Koopaie, Seyed Khalil Mehdizadegan, Mohsen Amirian, Mohamadreza Mohseni, Alireza Safari, Gholamhossein Heidari, Mostafa Yaqini, Javad Aryanmanesh, Abdolmajid Helmi, Aliasghar Azami.
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 Ahmad Shah   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ahmad Shah (1724 - 1773), founder of the Durrani dynasty in Afghanistan, was the son of Sammaun-Khan, hereditary chief of the Abdali tribe.
On the assassination of Nadir in 1747, Ahmad, having failed in an attempt to seize the Persian treasures, retreated to Afghanistan, where he easily persuaded the native tribes to assert their independence and accept him as their sovereign.
Ahmad entered Delhi with his army in triumph, and for more than a month the city was given over to pillage.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Ahmad_Shah.html   (686 words)

  
 Iran News - Ahmad Tavakkoli criticizes Aghajari's death sentence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Tavakkoli has in his five page letter analyzed the various aspects of the verdict issued against Dr. Aghajari, as well as its aftermaths and illogical taking side of the judiciary's Public Relations Office in defending the verdict that has not yet been finalized, contrary to the formal judiciary procedure.
Tavakkoli asks Ayatollah Shahroudi, "has the judiciary dealt with those involved in the said horrendous tortures appropriately, and have their deeds not filled the hearts and minds of the truth seeking youth with hatred, and raised threats against the religious system?"
Tavakkoli expresses sorrow that the calm atmosphere of the universities during the past two years, in which unreal debates had given place to such real concerns of the nation as unemployment, poverty, corruption, addiction, divorce, the Caspian Sea's legal system, Palestine, Afghanistan...
www.iranmania.com /news/ArticleView?NewsCode=12990&NewsKind=CurrentAffairs   (2092 words)

  
 A prosperous Iran needs a foundation based on reason: Tavakkoli
Tehran, May 24, IRNA -- Ahmad Tavakkoli, a candidate in the 8th presidential elections, in a televised election campaign on Wednesday said the prerequisite to a prosperous, powerful, progressive and developed Iran is a government based on rationality.
Tavakkoli touched on the priorities of a "second republic" and the importance of "a clean government for a clean nation" as constituting the main platform in his electoral campaign.
He said the transition to a second republic should be within the framework of the constitution, the first priority being a clean-up of the government and the eradication of corruption and injustice.
www.payvand.com /news/01/may/1109.html   (446 words)

  
 Iran press: Candidate Ahmadinezhad gives news conference on election outcome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In answer to the first question, Ahmadinezhad denied his presence in intelligence institutions, and in answer to the second question he rejected the separation made between appointed and elected institutions and said that all institutions in the Islamic Republic of Iran are there with the direct or indirect votes of the people.
It should be noted that Ahmad Tavakkoli has issued a statement expressing his support for principle-oriented candidate Mahmud Ahmadinezhad and called on the people to vote for him in the second round.
Tavakkoli says in the statement: All those who have chosen the structure-breaking policy have won only one-seventh of the people's votes.
news.monstersandcritics.com /mediamonitor/article_1017166.php/Iran_press_Candidate_Ahmadinezhad_gives_news_conference_on_election_outcome   (1864 words)

  
 Ahmad Tavakkoli - TheBestLinks.com - Bankruptcy, Capitalism, Economics, Persian language, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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Ahmad Tavakkoli (احمد توکلی in Persian) is a conservative representative of Tehran in the Iranian parliament, and the Director of Majlis Research Center.
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 LEGAL NEWS - Legal Headline from the wires - full text.
Editorial by Ahmad Rastegar, entitled: "Fate-determining struggle", arguing that the four candidates, having broken with the Coordinating Council of the Revolution Forces, are gradually assuming control within the ranks of the fundamentalist front.
Report quoting Fars, entitled: "Naderan has assumed chairmanship of Ahmad Tavakkoli's electoral headquarters", university lecturer and MP Elyas Naderan has been appointed as the spokesman and chairman of Tavakkoli's electoral campaign headquarters and if both these responsibilities weigh heavily upon him, he might introduce a spokesman to replace him (page 1: 900 words).
Report by Akbar Montajabi: "Ahmad Tavakkoli to stand in election Spokesman Elyas Naderan welcomed competition with Hashemi [-Rafsanjani]" "Ahmad Tavakkoli" was chosen as candidate for the ninth presidential elections from among four nominees that included "Mahmud Ahmadinezhad," "Mohsen Reza'i," "Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf," and himself.
www.romingerlegal.com /newsviewer.php?ppa=8oplo%5FZlrpmrvrVUgc%216%3C%22bfek%5C%21   (3423 words)

  
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Among them was Ahmad Tavakkoli, managing director of the right-wing Farda daily who had to close down his paper last year for financial reasons.
Tavakkoli made such incisive criticism of the conference because of the participation of people such as Gary Sick, former U.S. national security adviser and current executive director of Gulf 2000 Project, and Richard Murphy, former assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, in the event.
Tavakkoli described the conference as a means to facilitate the resumption of ties as cherished by the United States and some Western-inspired people at home.
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 Employment, Main Concern of Construction Coalition
TEHRAN, February 14 (Mehr News Agency) -- Ahmad Tavakkoli a Majlis candidate from the Construction Coalition said here Saturday that the main problem in Iran’s economy is the question of employment.
He added that resolving investment issues is of great importance to the coalition, stressing they would attempt to resolve the problem and defuse the issue.
Tavakkoli went on to say the coalition would attempt to attract internal investment, the investments of Iranians living abroad and finally external profits.
www.mehrnews.com /en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=58970   (188 words)

  
 Seventh Majlis to Further Support Khatami’s Cabinet: Tavakkoli
Tavakkoli told the Mehr News Agency that in order to change the status of various issues it is better to achieve a mutual understanding before decision-making, holding debates and logically pressing the government instead of changing the executive branch officials.
Referring to the priorities of the seventh Majlis, he said they should improve the economic and social standard of living among people and fight poverty, corruption, discrimination, and unemployment, which are the causes of many social problems.
Asked about cooperation between the Majlis minority and majority factions, Tavakkoli said a majority in Majlis calls for an active and prudent minority faction in order to grow naturally and respect equality.
www.mehrnews.ir /en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=61412   (235 words)

  
 Prospective candidate abandons bid for Iran presidency - Irna
Ahmad Tavakkoli gave up his intention Sunday to run at the June 17 presidential polls in order to 'pave the way for the election of the ultimate nominee of the principlists', the word used to refer to fundamentalists in the nomenclature here.
In a statement, Tavakkoli cited worries over 'the high number of the principlist nominees and delay in the introduction of an ultimate candidate among existing volunteers' as reasons behind his decision.
An informed source told IRNA that Tavakkoli, who is a Tehran MP, had pulled out of the race in favor of former police chief Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf.
www.irna.ir /en/news/view/line-17/0505011212211202.htm   (884 words)

  
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A senior member of the Iranian parliament (Majlis) and also the Head of the Iranian Majlis' Research Centre, Dr Ahmad Tavakkoli met with the new German ambassador to Tehran, Baron Von Matelson to discuss the recent nuclear dispute between Iran and the West.
Tavakkoli demonstrated at the lack of consent on the European side regarding the issue, pointing to a EU double standard towards Iran's nuclear activities and that of Israel.
Tavakkoli, for his part, brushed the call aside, saying 'There's a broad, national sentiment in Iran to utilize nuclear technology, so be sure that we will never stop developing the enrichment process'.
www.bpmedia.org /shownewsitem.aspx?newsid=23   (741 words)

  
 Iran Daily   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
According to IRNA, Ahmad Tavakkoli, who was addressing the nationwide gathering of graduates from the Indian subcontinent, added, "The Seventh Majlis will resist each and every theory that would support satanic and American people.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Tavakkoli, who is also a member of the Coalition of Developers of Islamic Iran, said that the compilers of the fourth plan, instead of protecting the Islamic culture, sought to transform Iran into a vulnerable player in the region.
As it is, a variety of privatization theories have appeared, disappeared and reappeared in the mass media and serious political debates ever since the end of the Iraq-imposed war in 1988.
www.iran-daily.com /1383/2074/html/index.htm   (2224 words)

  
 Qom, Iran - Current News & Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ahmad Amjadi, 42, a government employee in the holy city of Qom, south of Tehran, told Reuters: "It is our religious duty to vote.".
Ahmad Amjadi, 42, a government employee in the holy city of Qom, south of Tehran, said: “It is our religious duty to vote.”.
...was Ahmad Qabel, a former cleric who protested the emergence of a religious ruling establishment by disrobing himself in the seminary at the holy city of Qom a...
www.4newz.net /world/nz/Qom.html   (5006 words)

  
 MP: Effect of petrodollars should be felt by people - Irna   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Speaking to reporters, Tavakkoli stressed that such an act would inflict plenty of short-term, mid-term and long-term losses on the country.
Stressing that he was not talking on behalf of Ahmadinejad, he noted that his impression from the remarks was that officials should improve nation's living conditions by making proper decisions in case of any increase in oil revenues.
Tavakkoli declined to answer a question whether he would cooperate with the president-elect in the field of economic affairs.
www.irna.ir /en/news/view/line-24/0507300723150344.htm   (255 words)

  
 BBC News | MIDDLE EAST | Poll boosts Khatami reform bid
The runner-up, Ahmad Tavakoli, a former supply minister, took the bulk of the right-wing vote with 15% of the poll.
Ahmad Tavakkoli took the bulk of the right-wing vote
Add those abstentions to the half-million people who returned spoiled ballots, plus the 51% of the overall electorate who did turn out and voted for Khatami, and the inescapable conclusion is that 85% of Iranians above the voting age of 15 want change, either radical or gradual.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/1382637.stm   (749 words)

  
 Behshahr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Behshahr is home to many famous Iranian figures ranging from actors to political figures.
One of the more famous political figures from Behshar is Ahmad Tavakkoli who once was a presidential candidate.
Every year, famous members of the Iranian entertainment industry gather in Behshar in a ceremony rewarding entertainers.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Behshahr   (313 words)

  
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Ahmad Tavakkoli, a conservative representing Tehran, said in Isfahan on 26 May that "the resolution of economic problems will resolve other problems," ISNA reported.
Referring to the 2005-2010 development plan bill, Tavakkoli commented on 26 May that it has "essential problems [that contravene] the constitution and disregard the rights of low-income groups," ISNA reported the same day.
Ahmad Burqani-Farahani, a member of the sixth parliament, said on 25 May in Tehran that his parliament "did not fail to ratify" any bill the government presented "that might have resolved some of the people's many problems," according to IRNA.
www.rferl.org /reports/iran-report/2004/06/18-010604.asp   (4875 words)

  
 Experts propose Iran-EU3 negotiations to be reviewed
Head of Majlis Research Center and MP from Tehran, Ahmad Tavakkoli here Wednesday said that the experts attending the nuclear technology conference proposed to review the process of Iran-EU3 negotiations.
The one-day nuclear technology conference, as a symbol of national determination, was held by Majlis Research Center at the Foreign Ministry Center for Political and International Studies on Monday August 1.
Tavakkoli noted that the participants believed that during the conference, the process of negotiations were incorrect, given that they mainly aim to put an end to Iran's nuclear activities.
www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/iran/2005/iran-050803-irna03.htm   (210 words)

  
 Tehran Airport Closure Becomes National Embarrassment
Roads and Transport Minister Ahmad Khoram stated separately on 9 May that the Supreme National Security Council did not tell the ministry to cancel the contract.
Borujerdi agreed on 12 May that the Transport Ministry had asked foreign employees to leave the airport on 7 May, the day before the closure, but stated that this gave them insufficient time to leave and "transfer responsibilities" for the next day, "Entekhab" reported on 13 May.
Ahmad Tavakkoli, a conservative elected to the incoming parliament, said on 13 May that anyone witnessing "such an embarrassing disaster" in their area of responsibility "should not remain in his position for even an hour," according to ISNA.
www.payvand.com /news/04/may/1115.html   (677 words)

  
 Negotiation with U.S. neither forbidden nor mandatory: Tavakkoli
Tavakkoli, who is also the director of the Majlis Research Center, said that the main principle of Iran’s foreign policy is negotiation.
Iran has strong negotiators, and there is no problem in negotiating with a rival who needs Iran’s help while maintaining wisdom and dignity in the foreign policy, he added.
Otherwise, I have to say that there are some things going on behind the scenes that we are not aware of,” Afruq said.
www.mehrnews.com /en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=308781   (446 words)

  
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 List of Iranians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ahmad Allahyari (احمد اللهياری), Ferdowsi Magazine Keyhan Political Activist see also Persian poet
Kaveh Golestan, BBC Late photographer, Pulitzer Prize winner.
Ahmad ibn Rustah, 10th century Persian explorer of Russia, Scandinavia and Arabia.
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TEHRAN, Feb. 15--Tehran MP and presidential candidate, Ahmad Tavakkoli, said the participation or nonparticipation of former president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, in the electoral race will not have the slightest effect on his decision to become Iran's next president, IRNA reported.
Speaking on the sidelines of an open parliament session on Tuesday, Tavakkoli said, 'I'd be sorry if Rafsanjani decides not to run, but others do not decide for me.'
Tavakkoli said if he were in Rafsanjani's place, he would have definitely made up his mind by now and made his nomination official."
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