{"id":"mehdi-karroubi","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mehdi-karroubi","language":"en","name":"Mehdi Karroubi","name_en":"Mehdi Karroubi","name_ne":null,"description":"Iranian reformist politician, democracy activist, mojtahed, and chairman of the National Trust Party","headline":"Iranian reformist politician, democracy activist, mojtahed, and chairman of the National Trust Party","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Mehdi Karroubi is an Iranian Shia cleric and reformist politician leading the National Trust Party. Following 2009–2010 Iranian election protests, Karroubi was put under house arrest in February 2011. According to state media, Karroubi was due to be released from house arrest in March 2025, 14 years after he was detained for calling for a rally in support of the Arab Spring protests.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"26 September 1937","date":"1937-09-26"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315011#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Aligudarz","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q643166"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315011#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Iran","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q794"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315011#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"entrepreneur","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131524"},{"text":"businessperson","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43845"},{"text":"cleric","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2259532"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315011#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"National Trust Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2425963"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315011#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Tehran","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q737835"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315011#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Fatemeh Karroubi","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q542378"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315011#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (28 May 2000 – 28 May 2004)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6597965","start":"2000-05-28","end":"2004-05-28"},{"text":"Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (3 August 1989 – 3 May 1992)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6597965","start":"1989-08-03","end":"1992-05-03"},{"text":"Vice-Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (28 June 1988 – 3 August 1989)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107288100","start":"1988-06-28","end":"1989-08-03"},{"text":"Vice-Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (15 June 1986 – 14 June 1987)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107288100","start":"1986-06-15","end":"1987-06-14"},{"text":"Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (28 May 1980 – 28 May 2004)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17525449","start":"1980-05-28","end":"2004-05-28"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315011#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehdi_Karroubi","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315011"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Mehdi Karroubi born?","a":"Mehdi Karroubi was born on 26 September 1937 in Aligudarz."},{"q":"What positions has Mehdi Karroubi held?","a":"Positions held by Mehdi Karroubi include: Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (2000–2004); Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (1989–1992); Vice-Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (1988–1989); Vice-Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (1986–1987); Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (1980–2004)."},{"q":"Where did Mehdi Karroubi study?","a":"Mehdi Karroubi was educated at University of Tehran."}],"related":[{"name":"Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/akbar-hashemi-rafsanjani"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/mehdi-karroubi-ef8cdc86a1.jpg","width":387,"height":408,"license":"CC BY 4.0","credit":"Azin Zanjani from Mehr News Agency","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mehdi_Karoubi_2005.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Mehdi Karroubi","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehdi_Karroubi","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q315011","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315011","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Mehdi Karoubi 2005.jpg by Azin Zanjani from Mehr News Agency (CC BY 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mehdi_Karoubi_2005.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 Mehdi Karroubi, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Mehdi Karoubi 2005.jpg — Azin Zanjani from Mehr News Agency, CC BY 4.0.","cite":"\"Mehdi Karroubi\". DigiNepal. Last updated 7 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/mehdi-karroubi. Retrieved 21 October 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-07T11:48:10Z","facts_checked":"2026-10-21","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/mehdi-karroubi","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/mehdi-karroubi","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/mehdi-karroubi?lang=ne"}}