Amir Abedini

{{Short description|Iranian football chairman and politician (born 1949)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Amir Abedini | image = Amir Abedini 2015.jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = | office = [[Islamic City Council of Tehran|Member of the City Council of Tehran]] | term_start = 28 September 1999 | term_end = 15 January 2003 | majority = 176,289 (12.56%) | office1 = President of [[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran]] | term_start1 = 21 April 1994 | term_end1 = 24 October 1994 | predecessor1 = Mohammad Safi Zadeh | successor1 = [[Dariush Mostafavi]] | office2 = Governor of [[Khorasan province]] | term_start2 = 1987 | term_end2 = 1989 | president2 = [[Ali Khamenei]] | prime_minister2 = [[Mir-Hossein Mousavi]] | predecessor2 = Abdollah Koupayi | successor2 = [[Ali Jannati]] | office3 = Governor of [[East Azerbaijan province]] | term_start3 = 9 January 1984 | term_end3 = 12 May 1987 | president3 = [[Ali Khamenei]] | prime_minister3 = [[Mir-Hossein Mousavi]] | predecessor3 = Hossein Taheri | successor3 = Akbar Parhizkar | office4 = Governor of [[Lorestan province]] | term_start4 = 8 December 1981 | term_end4 = 29 January 1984 | president4 = [[Ali Khamenei]] | prime_minister4 = [[Mir-Hossein Mousavi]] | predecessor4 = [[Hossein Mahlouji]] | successor4 = Ahmad Entezari | birth_name = Hassan Abedini | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1949|12|13}} | birth_place = [[Tehran]], Iran | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | party = }} '''Amir Abedini''' ({{langx|fa|امیر عابدینی}}; born '''Hassan Abedini''' on 13 December 1949) is an Iranian politician, football club chairman, former professional footballer and member of the [[City Council of Tehran]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Perspolis has officially withdrawn from the league |url=http://www.iranproleague.net/index.php/the-news/1-latest-news/32-Perspolis%20has%20officially%20withdrawn%20from%20the%20league |work=PersianLeague.com |date=3 January 2002 |accessdate=28 March 2009 }}</ref>

== Political career == During 1980s, he held office as governor of three provinces under [[Government of Mir-Hossein Mousavi (1981–89)]]. Abedini is a self-described "[[Mir-Hossein Mousavi|Mousavi]][-like] left-winger" politician. In 1997, he endorsed [[Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri]] for president.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://magiran.com/npview.asp?ID=1499989|title = Magiran}}</ref>

== Sport career == Abedini played for [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]] and [[Paykan F.C.|Paykan]] in the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iranproleague.net/index.php/matchdate?id=40&view=club |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720184114/http://www.iranproleague.net/index.php/matchdate?id=40&view=club |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 July 2011 |title=Peykan Qazvin |work=PersianLeague.com |accessdate=28 March 2009 }}</ref>

He was the chairman of the [[Persepolis Athletic and Cultural Club]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Hashemi-Nasab "not expelled" |url=http://www.iranian.com/Times/2000/Mayd/Qamsar/sports.html |work=The Iranian Times |date=24 May 2000 |accessdate=28 March 2009 }}</ref> from 1993 to 2000. Also he was chairman of the club [[Damash Iranian F.C.|Damash Iranian]] and [[Damash Gilan F.C.|Damash Gilan]].{{citation needed|date=May 2026}}

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