Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi

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Hojatoll-Islam Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi (born in Qom circa 1959^[1]) is a politician in the Islamic Republic of Iran. In 2005, he was appointed as the new interior minister of the country by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with the approval of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He is reportedly implicated in the 1988 Massacre of Iranian Prisoners^[2] based on the orders of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and other key Islamic scholars. According to Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri, Mustafa Pour-Mohammadi was "the representative of the Ministry of Information in charge of questioning prisoners in Evin Prison" during the massacre. Montazeri saw Pour-Mohammadi as being "a central figure" in the mass executions of prisoners in Tehran.^[3]

He has allegedly been involved in the killings of Darioush Forohar and Parvaneh Forohar, Majid Sharif, Mohammad Mokhtari, Jafar Pouyandeh, and hundreds of others.^[4]

In an effort to end the plight of refugees, Hajoll-Islam Pour-Mohammadi attended a meeting of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees on 10 October 2006 in Geneva, Switzerland.^[5]

[edit] See also

• Ayatollah Sadeq Khalkhali

Preceded by Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari

Interior minister of Iran 2005-present

Succeeded by Incumbent

v • d • e Interior ministers of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hashem Sabbaghian · Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri · Ali Akbar Mohtashami-Pur · Ali Mohammad Besharati-Jahromi · Abdollah Noori · Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari · Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi

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[edit] External links

• Mostafa pourmohammadi official Web Site

• Iranian Interior Minister
• Iranian Resistance calls on Swiss authorities to arrest Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi
• Minister: Nuclear technology institutionalized in country 08 February 2007
• Iranian Police Capable of Establishing Security
• Police Chiefs Conference, a Nonpolitical Event
• Interior Minister Answers Questions on the Sidelines of Police Conference
• More Effort Needed for Establishment of Sustainable Security