| Mehdi Tabatabaei | |
| Birth Name: | Seyyed Mohammad-Mehdi Tabatabaei Shirazi |
| Birth Date: | 21 March 1936 |
| Birth Place: | Rafsanjan, Iran |
| Death Date: | [1] |
| Death Place: | Tehran, Iran |
| Nationality: | Iranian |
| Order1: | Member of the Parliament of Iran |
| Term Start1: | 28 May 2004 |
| Term End1: | 28 May 2008 |
| Majority1: | 660,764 (33.51%)[2] |
| Constituency1: | Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr |
| Term Start2: | 28 May 1984 |
| Term End2: | 28 May 1988 |
| Majority2: | 243,600 (51.50%) |
| Constituency2: | Mashhad and Kalat |
| Party: | Combatant Clergy Association Fada'iyan-e Islam |
| Otherparty: | Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran (2004)[3] |
Seyyed Mehdi Tabatabaei Shirazi (Persian: سید مهدی طباطبایی شیرازی, March 21, 1936 — May 17, 2018) was an Iranian Shia cleric and conservative politician who served as member of the Parliament of Iran from 2004 to 2008, representing the districts of Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr. He represented Mashhad and Kalat from 1984 to 1988.[2]
Tabatabaei had been described as a "well-known moderate conservative cleric".[4]
Tabatabaei was a critic of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,[5] [6] and a supporter of the Iran deal.[7]
In 2009, he said he wished he had died and not seen the post-election incidents in Iran.[8]