Ateghe Sediqi members of the welcoming staff when Ruhollah Khomeini returned to Iran from exile on 1 February 1979. After Rajai was assassinated in a bombing on 30 August 1981, Sediqi was nominated for the parliamentary seat of Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr district in a by-election held on 2 October 1981. She won the election with 1,842,746 votes. She was also re-elected in the 1984 and 1988 elections. However, her nomination for the 1992 election was rejected by the Guardian Council. She supported Mir-Hossein Mousavi in the 2009 presidential election and retired from politics after the election. She opposed former President
2009 Iranian presidential election protests Mirdamadi, and former president Mohammad Khatami's brother Mohammad-Reza Khatami, who was later released. Also arrested were Mostafa Tajzadeh and Mohsen Aminzadeh, whom the IRNA said were involved in orchestrating protests on 13 June. Unidentified sources said that the police stormed the headquarters of the IIPF and arrested a number of people. Iranian journalist Mashallah Shamsolvaezin claimed that presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi was put under house arrest, although officials denied this. An estimated 200 people were detained after clashes with students at the University of Tehran, although many were later released. Acting Police Chief Ahmad-Reza Radan stated via the state press