{{Short description|Iranian politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Seyyed | name = Mostafa Heshemitaba | honorific_suffix = | native_name = {{No bold|مصطفی هاشمی‌طبا}} | native_name_lang = fa | image = Mostafa Hashemitaba at YJC 09 (cropped).jpg | office1 = Vice President of Iran<br />Head of Physical Education Organization | term_start1 = 16 February 1994 | term_end1 = 10 November 2001 | president1 = Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani<br />Mohammad Khatami | predecessor1 = Hassan Ghafourifard | successor1 = Mohsen Mehralizadeh | office2 = Minister of Industries | prime_minister2 = Mir-Hossein Mousavi | term_start2 = 2 November 1981 | term_end2 = 14 August 1984 | president2 = Ali Khamenei | predecessor2 = Himself (as ''Minister of Industries and Mines'') | successor2 = Gholamreza Shafeei | office3 = Minister of Industries and Mines | prime_minister3 = Mohammad-Javad Bahonar<br />Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani | term_start3 = 17 August 1981 | term_end3 = 2 November 1981 | president3 = Mohammad-Ali Rajai | predecessor3 = Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh | successor3 = Himself (as '' Minister of Industries'') | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|05|22|df=y}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.irna.ir/fa/News/82500620/|title=گذری بر فعالیت‌های سیاسی و اجرایی نامزدهای نهایی انتخابات 96|date=21 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="tabnak">{{cite news|url=http://tabnak.ir/fa/news/686838/%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C-6%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C|title=مشخصات شناسنامه‌ای ۶ کاندیدای ریاست‌جمهوری|date=21 April 2017}}</ref> | birth_place = Isfahan, Iran | profession = Textile engineer<ref name="WP"/> | children = 2 daughters, 1 son<ref name="tabnak"/> | alma_mater = Amir Kabir University of Technology<ref name="Almanac">{{cite web|title=HASHEMI TABA, Mr. Mostafa [Parties]|url=http://iranalmanac.com/who/biography.php?id=980|publisher=Iran Almanac|accessdate=28 March 2017|language=Persian}}{{dead link|date=November 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> | party = Executives of Construction Party | awards = ANOC Merit Award (2001)<ref>{{cite news|title=List of Laureates of ANOC Merit Award|url=http://www.acnolympic.org/media/444365/2016-11-30-historique-liste-prix-du-m%C3%A9rite-acno-engl.pdf|accessdate=28 March 2017|newspaper=Association of National Olympic Committees|date=30 November 2016|page=3}}</ref> | signature = Mostafa Hashemitaba signature.svg }} '''Mostafa Hashemitaba''' ({{langx|fa|مصطفی هاشمی‌طبا}}; born 22 May 1946) is an Iranian reformist politician. Hashemitaba served as Iran's minister of industries and vice president,<ref name="Almanac"/> as well as head of National Olympic Committee of Iran.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hashemi-Taba Says Iran Hot Favorite in Five Olympic Fields|url=http://en.mehrnews.com/news/202/Hashemi-Taba-Says-Iran-Hot-Favorite-in-Five-Olympic-Fields|accessdate=28 June 2013|newspaper=Mehr News Agency|date=20 June 2003}}</ref> He is described as having 'centrist' views.<ref name=jim1jun>{{cite news|last=Muir|first=Jim|title=Iran election: People and policies|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1364676.stm|access-date=28 June 2013|newspaper=BBC|date=1 June 2001|location=Tehran}}</ref>

He was a candidate in the 2001 Iranian presidential election,<ref name="jim1jun"/> and was placed 10th. He was also a candidate in the 2017 election.

Hashemitaba is co-founder of the Executives of Construction Party<ref name="jim1jun"/> and former member of its central committee,<ref>{{cite web|title=The Middle Road of Hashemi Rafsanjani|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2010/04/the-middle-road-of-hashemi-rafsanjani.html|date=28 April 2010|author=Muhammad Sahimi|access-date=25 January 2017|work=TehranBureau}}</ref> known as one of the senior figures<ref>Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, ''Iran: The National Kargozaran-Sazandegi Party; political view, its leaders, branches, and participation in any election in Iran (1998)'', 19 February 2002, IRN38586.E, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4be498.html [accessed 19 March 2017]</ref> among the party's conservative faction.<ref name="WP">{{cite web|title=Iran's Presidential Candidates|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20010605/aponline142823_000.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414080814/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20010605/aponline142823_000.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 April 2017|date=5 June 2001|access-date=25 January 2017|work=The Associated Press|publisher=The Washington Post}}</ref> In 2017, Tasnim News Agency wrote that Hashemitaba has not been active in the party since about ten years ago.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1396/02/14/1397052/6-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%DA%A9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%B9%D8%B6%D9%88-%D9%87%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%AF|title=۶ کاندیدای انتخابات در کدام احزاب عضو هستند؟ |date=4 May 2017}}</ref> He focuses on the environment in campaign speeches.<ref>{{cite news|title=Iranian Candidate Hashemitaba Focuses on Environment in Campaign Speech|url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2017/05/03/1396622/iranian-candidate-hashemitaba-focuses-on-environment-in-campaign-speech|date=9 May 2017}}</ref>

Hashemitaba made a cameo in the film ''Jang Athar'' in 1980.<ref name="irart">{{cite news|url=http://www.iranart.ir/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7-4/4942-%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%87%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%AF-%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B2-%D9%82%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85|title=سکانسی از همبازی‌شدن نامزد ریاست‌جمهوری با فرامرز قریبیان در یک فیلم! |date=3 May 2017}}</ref>

== Electoral history == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Year !! Election !!Votes !! % !! Rank !! Notes |- |2001||President||28,090||0.1||10th | style="background:#c66;"|Lost |- |2017||President||214,441||0.5||4th | style="background:#c66;"|Lost<ref>{{cite news|title=Final results of presidential election by province and county|url=https://www.moi.ir/Portal/home/?news/469742/469971/497969/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AC-%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%B5%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C|accessdate=8 June 2017|agency=Ministry of Interior|language=Persian|date=8 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010165111/https://www.moi.ir/Portal/home/?news%2F469742%2F469971%2F497969%2F%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AC-%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%B5%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C|archive-date=10 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> |}

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