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Mehdi Karroubi (مهدی کروبی) is an Iranian politician. He was the Speaker of the Iranian parliament from 2000 to 2004, and from 1989 to 1992, but was not elected in the 2004 elections. He is among the possible candidates of the reformists for the presidential elections of 2005.
Karroubi is a critic of Guardian Council but at the same time supports the Supreme Leader, and calls himself a follower of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. He is currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council, by appointment of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.