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Mohammad Reza Rahimi محمدرضا رحيمی
5rd First Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Incumbent
Assumed office  September 13, 2009
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Leader	Ali Khamenei
Preceded by	Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei
Vice President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs of Iran
In office October 5, 2005 – September 13, 2009
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Leader	Ali Khamenei
Preceded by	Mohammad-Ali Abtahi
Succeeded by	Ahmad Mousavi
Governor of Kurdistan province
In office 1993 – 1997
Preceded by	Mehdi Salehi
Succeeded by	Nader Soltani
Member of Parliament from Kurdistan
In office 1980 – 1992
Born	23 March 1952 Qorveh, Kurdistan, Iran
Political party	Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran
Spouse(s)	Maryam Navidian
Alma mater	Tehran Azad University
Profession	Law
Religion	Shia Islam

Mohammad Reza Rahimi (محمدرضا رحيمی in Persian) is an Iranian politician and Vice President of Iran.

He was be Iran's Vice President in September 13, 2009 by a sentence by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.Rahimi is 5rd Vice President of Iran. Rahimi was Vice President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs from 2005 to 2009.

He is the head of school of law at Tehran Azad University. He was also governor of Kurdistan province in Iran.He was Member of Parliament from Kurdistan from 1980 to 1992.

[edit] Document forgery and claims of having a PhD

He claims that he holds a PhD from Oxford University. His claim of holding a PhD has been vastly disputed by many Iranian sources. ^[1] Later on, he has claimed to have a PhD from Belford University. Alef, an Iranian site that belongs to Ahmad Tavakkoli, has published some documents showing some fraudulent documents created by Rahimi. ^[2]

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