He worked as an intern in Alsace Mechanical Industries until 1976, when he returned to Iran.[5] He worked at Tehran Metro as the operational director from 1976 to 1979.[5]
In the beginning of 1989, on the occasion of the death and funeral of Hirohito, the 124th Emperor of Japan who had ruled for over 60 years until he died on January 7, Mir-Salim and Hossein Saffar Harandi, a Member of Parliament and the Chairman of Parliament Committee on Agriculture, went to the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to attend the Rites of Imperial Funeral on February 24 with Mohammad Hossein Adeli, Ambassador Extraordinary Plenipotentiary in Japan, and his wife.[9]
Mir-Salim was appointed Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance in 1994.[8] His tenure was characterized by a strongly conservative Islamist direction, aiming to stave off the "cultural onslaught" of Western culture and promote pious Islamic culture in its place, including through the use of repressive measures. The Ministry under his direction was particularly known for closing a number of reformist newspapers.[10]
According to Iranian Diplomacy, Mirsalim is married to an Iranian woman.[5] He is fond of swimming and usually wears shenandoah beard, collarless tuxedos and dark calottes that serve as his signature look.[5]
^Kumaraswamy, P. R.; Quamar, Md. Muddassir; Singh, Manjari (2019). Persian Gulf 2018: India's Relations with the Region. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 60. ISBN978-981-13-1977-8.
^Diplomatic Blue Book: the Year of 1989 - 5. Delegation Representatives of Countries and Organizations that Attended the Rites of Imperial Funeral of Emperor Shōwa (『外交青書 1989年版』 - 5.「昭和天皇大喪の礼」に参列した国及び国際機関の代表)(in Japanese), published by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
^Mehdi Moslem (2002). Factional Politics in Post-Khomeini Iran. Syracuse University Press. pp. 221–223. ISBN0-8156-2978-8.