Mohammad Reyshahri

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Hojjatoleslam Sheikh Mohammad Mohammadi Nik (born in 1946 in city of Ray, near Tehran), famously known as Reyshahri, is an Iranian cleric and politician. He was the first Iranian Minister of Intelligence under Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi.

Reyshahri married the nine-year old daughter of Ayatollah Ali Meshkini in 1968. It was Ayatollah Meshkini who first called him "Reyshahri" (of the city of Ray).

He has authored minor books in both Persian and Arabic.

[edit] Government career

Most famous achievements of Reyshahri has been the discovery of two abortive coups: Nozheh coup, which was supposed to happen on July 8, 1980 by supporters of Shapour Bakhtiar, and was reported to Reyshahri by Saeed Hajjarian, and the Ghotbzadeh coup, which led to the execution of Sadegh Ghotbzadeh and the removal of Ayatollah Kazem Shariatmadari from being a marja by the Society of Teachers of the Qom Hawza, and his later death (of cancer) in April, 1986.

Reyshahri was also an unsuccessful presidential candidate in the election on May 23, 1997, which led to the presidency of Mohammad Khatami. Reyshahri ranked fourth among the four candidates approved to run by the Guardian Council.