Habibollah Asgaroladi Mosalman ( Persian : حبيب‌الله عسگراولادی مسلمان ‎; 3 January 1932 – 5 November 2013) was a leading senior Iranian conservative and principlist politician who was the leader of Islamic Coalition Party , a highly influential conservative political party in Iran. He was also a Vice President and two-time presidential candidate, first in July 1981 and next in 1985 . During his 1981 bid, he was the target of a failed assassination attempt that killed his bodyguard but left him mostly unharmed.