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Habibollah Asgaroladi, Iranian politician (born 1932)
Habibollah Asgaroladi
Habibollah Asgaroladi Mosalman was a leading senior Iranian conservative and principlist politician who was the leader of Islamic Coalition Party, a highly influential conservative political party in Iran. He was also a Vice President and two-time presidential candidate, first in July 1981 and next in 1985. During his 1981 bid, he was the target of a failed assassination attempt that killed his bodyguard but left him mostly unharmed.