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Mohammad Ali Abtahi (Persian: محمدعلی ابطحی) (born January 28, 1960 in Mashhad) is the Iranian Vice President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs since September 2, 2001. He is the first cabinet member in Iran to write a weblog, or have an orkut account.
Previously, he was the Iranian president's Mohammad Khatami's office manager from July 10, 1997 to September 1, 2001. Before that, he has served in various posts, including the President of Iranian Radio, Vice Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, and IRIB's representative in Lebanon.
Abtahi is married to Fahimeh Mousavinezhad (daughter of one of his professors) and has three daughters, named Fa?ezeh, Fatemeh, and Farideh.