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Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance (1997–2000); Vice President of Iran (1989–1997); Prime Minister of Iran (1985–1989); Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (1980–1984)."},{"q":"Where did Ata'ollah Mohajerani study?","a":"Ata'ollah Mohajerani was educated at University of Isfahan, Shiraz University, Tarbiat Modares University."}],"related":[{"name":"Mohammad Khatami","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohammad-khatami"},{"name":"Mir-Hossein Mousavi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mir-hossein-mousavi"},{"name":"Mohammad-Javad Bahonar","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohammad-javad-bahonar"},{"name":"Abdol Majid Mirza","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdol-majid-mirza"},{"name":"Abdol-Hossein Farman Farma","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdol-hossein-farman-farma"},{"name":"Abdolhossein Hazhir","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdolhossein-hazhir"},{"name":"Abolqasem Naser ol-Molk","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abolqasem-naser-ol-molk"},{"name":"Ahmad Matin-Daftari","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ahmad-matin-daftari"},{"name":"Ahmad Moshir al-Saltaneh","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ahmad-moshir-al-saltaneh"},{"name":"Ahmad Qavam","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ahmad-qavam"},{"name":"Ahmad Shah Qajar","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ahmad-shah-qajar"},{"name":"Ali Amini","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ali-amini"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/ata-ollah-mohajerani-29848f4f93.jpg","width":192,"height":274,"license":"CC BY 2.0","credit":"Österreichische Außenministerium","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ataollah_Mohajerani,_2012_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Ata'ollah Mohajerani","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ata'ollah_Mohajerani","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q3893833","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3893833","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Ataollah Mohajerani, 2012 (cropped).jpg by Österreichische Außenministerium (CC BY 2.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ataollah_Mohajerani,_2012_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Ata'ollah Mohajerani, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. 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