Kashani founded
Islamic Republican Party with
Mohammad Beheshti and
Mohammad-Javad Bahonar and was secretary-general of the party from 1979 to 1981. He was appointed as head of the Iranian delegation to the International Court of Justice in Iran's case with the
United States in December 1981 by then-
Prime Minister Mohammad-Ali Rajai but was removed from his position by
Mir-Hossein Mousavi. He was independent candidate in
1985 presidential election which receives 1,402,416 (10.1%) of the votes behind winner
Ali Khamenei. He was also nominated in
2001 presidential election which he lost to
Mohammad Khatami and was ranked as the 5th out of 10 candidates. ==See also==