Ruhollah Hosseinian

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Hojatoleslam Ruhollah Hosseinian (Persian: روح الله حسینیان , born 1955 in Shiraz) is a member of Board of Trustees of Islamic Revelution Document Center. [1] He is a fundamentalist who was the deputy to Ali Fallahian[2]. In April 2007 he was appointed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the security advisor to the president.[3] Since 2007, he was appointed as a member of Council for Spreading Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Thoughts.

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[edit] Recrimination

Reformers of the Islamic Republic have asserted Hosseinian inspired the murder of secular intellectuals[4]. In turn, he has accused the supporters of Mohammad Khatami of the Chain Murders of Iran[5][6]. Ali Larijani who had allowed this accusation to be broadcast on Iranian television was banned from attending Cabinet sessions.

According to one report, Hojatoleslam Ruhollah Hosseinian has stated that Saeed Emami was killed in order to "prevent identification of higher clerical authorities that ordered the killings"[7].

[edit] References and notes

  1. ^ IRDC.ir - Islamic Revolution Document Center - About
  2. ^ Iran’s extremist Shiite cleric finds new clout
  3. ^ (Persian) حسینیان مشاور سیاسی و امنیتی احمدی نژاد شد. BBC Persian. Retrieved on 2007-04-26.
  4. ^ http://www.economist.com/research/backgrounders/displaystory.cfm?story_id=318156 "...Ruhollah Hosseinian, a conservative ideologue, whom reformers charge with inspiring the serial murder of secular intellectuals in the 1990s."
  5. ^ Cabinet Bans Head of Broadcast Network 19 January 2001
  6. ^ Ayatollah Khameneh'I Under Heavy Pressure To Resign
  7. ^ CLOSING SECRET FIRMS, KHATAMI SCORED ANOTHER MAJOR VICTORY

[edit] Further reading

  • Answering Only to God: Faith and Freedom in Twenty-First Century Iran ISBN 9780805072990

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