Mehdi Karroubi ((Luri/Persian:مهدی کروبی), Mehdī Karrūbĩ; born 26 September 1937) is an influential Iranian reformist politician, democracy activist, mojtahed, and chairman of the National Trust Party. He was the chairman of the parliament from **** to 1992 and 2000 to 2004, and a presidential candidate in the 2005 and 2009 presidential elections.