Mir-Hossein Mousavi While a student, he was an active member of the leftist Islamic association of students. During his college years, Mousavi had a close relationship with the Freedom Movement of Iran, a religious-nationalist political party founded by Ali Shariati, whom Mousavi admired for many years. Although the party would not be invited to the post-revolution government, many future political leaders of Iran who were affiliated with the party at the time, among them Mehdi Bazargan, Yadolah Sahabi, Mahmoud Taleghani, and Mostafa Chamran would become Mousavi's closest allies. Mousavi was among the student activists who regularly attended Ali Shariati's lectures at Hosseiniyeh
Mohammad Hossein Jalali Jalali was appointed by Ali Khamenei as deputy chief of staff of the armed forces for logistics, research and industry. Mohammad Hossein Jalali Mohammad Hossein Jalali is an Iranian military official who served as minister of defense. Jalali was appointed minister of defense in October 1985 to the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi. He replaced Mohammad Salimi as defense minister. Jalali was in office until August 1989. Jalali was a brigadier general and the commander of the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He was appointed to this post in January 1992, replacing Hossein Dehghan.