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Before, he had been the Iranian Minister of Labour under Mir-Hossein Mousavi, a parliament representative from Behshahr , and a presidential candidate in two of the presidential elections in Iran (running against Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mohammad Khatami, both in their second terms).
Tavakkoli temporarily left politics after the leftists oppositions forced him out of the Ministry of Labour. He founded Resalat , a conservative newspaper, and later left Iran to study economics in the UK, where he got his PhD. After his return to Iran, he founded Farda which was considered a professional and sound newspaper before going bankrupt.
Tavakkoli is a critic of a capitalistic economyCapitalism generally refers to a combination of economic practices that became institutionalized in Europe between the 16th and 19th centuries. Exactly which historic and current practices are considered part of "capitalism" varies among users of the term, and backs the government's role in controlling the economy.
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