He 's been labeled by many as the `` reformist , '' a man who can take Iran beyond the truculent anti-Western rhetoric of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad . Mir Hossein Moussavi was named prime minister in 1980 . He is the first president to be elected directly by popular vote since Mohammad Mosaddegh won a landslide victory over Prime Minister Reza Shah Pahlavi, who had been overthrown and executed during the 1953 He opposed suspending the country 's nuclear-enrichment program . Has been absent from politics for the past 10 years .
Mir Hossein Moussavi was named prime minister in 1980 . He is the first president to be elected directly by popular vote since Mohammad Mosaddegh won a landslide victory over Prime Minister Reza Shah Pahlavi, who had been overthrown and executed during the 1953 He opposed suspending the country 's nuclear-enrichment program . Has been absent from politics for the past 10 years .