Mohammad Reyshahri

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Hojatoleslam Sheikh Mohammad Mohammadi Nik (born 1946 in Ray, Tehran, Iran), famously known as Reyshahri, is an Iranian politician and cleric, first Iranian Minister of Intelligence of Islamic Republic of Iran in cabinet of Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi.

Reyshahri married the daughter of Ayatollah Ali Meshkini in 1968, when she was 9. It was Ayatollah Meshkini who first called him Reyshahri (of the city of Ray). Reyshahri is generally feared in Iran and sometimes referred to as "the scary Ayatollah" (آيت‌الله مخوف). He and his successor at the ministry of intelligence, Ali Fallahian, are alumni of the Haqqani School in Qom. Reyshahri has written on the sayings of the prophet Mohammad and Shia Imams. His book میزان الحکمه (mizan al hikmah) summarizes thousands of these sayings with very interesting discussions. He has also published his memoirs.

1 Government career
2 References and notes
3 See also
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[edit] Government career

Most famous achievements of Reyshahri has been the discovery of two abortive Coup d'état: 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.

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.