Ahmad Tavakkoli

Ahmad Tavakkoli
Ahmad Tavakkoli
احمد توکلی
	Tavakkoli in 2014
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
	In office; 14 August 2017 – 23 July 2025
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
Chairman	Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi; Sadeq Larijani
President of the Majlis Research Center
	In office; 1 July 2004 – 1 July 2012
Preceded by	Mohammad Reza Khatami
Succeeded by	Kazem Jalali
Minister of Labour
	In office; 2 November 1981 – 2 August 1983
President	Ali Khamenei
Prime Minister	Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by	Mohammad Mir-Mohammad Sadeqi
Succeeded by	Abolqasem Sarhadizadeh
Member of the Parliament of Iran
	In office; 28 May 2004 – 28 May 2016
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority	776,979
	In office; 28 May 1980 – 12 November 1981
Constituency	Behshahr
Majority	28,850
Personal details
Born	5 March 1951; Behshahr, Iran
Died	23 July 2025 (aged 74); Tehran, Iran
Party	Front of Transformationalist Principlists
Other political; affiliations	Islamic Republican Party; Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization
Relatives	Mohammad Javad Larijani (cousin) ; Fazel Larijani (cousin); Ali Larijani (cousin); Sadeq Larijani (cousin); Bagher Larijani (cousin); Sadegh Zibakalam (co-fathers-in-law);
Alma mater	University of Nottingham
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Ahmad Tavakkoli (Persian: احمد توکلی; 5 March 1951 – 23 July 2025) was an Iranian conservative and principlist politician and journalist. He was a member of the Expediency Discernment Council. Also he was the managing-director of Alef news website and founder of the corruption watchdog, non-governmental organization Justice and Transparency Watch.

Tavakkoli was a representative of Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district in the parliament and the director of the Majlis Research Center.