Mehdi Karroubi

Hujjat al Islam Mehdi Karroubi (born 26 September 1937) was the speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly for 1989-1992 and 2000-2004 in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

• If Iran is exploiting the ‘Shia factor’ in its foreign policy then it is wrong. But I believe this to be untrue. I visited Lebanon five or six years ago when I was parliamentary speaker during Khatami’s era and we exerted all efforts in preserving the unity between the Sunnis and Shia.
  • Mehdi Karroubi: Iran’s Most Prominent Reformist Speaks, Asharq Alawsat April 2007

• Hashemi Rafsanjani
• Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel