Heydar Moslehi

Hojjatol-Islam Heydar Moslehi (born 29 September 1956, Isfahan) is the head of the Ministry of Intelligence in Iran. He was originally appointed on 5 August 2009. He resigned from his position on 17 April 2011 after being asked to resign by Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He was reinstated in his position by the Supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei. Ahmadinejad decided to not hold cabinet meetings, in protest of Moslehi's presence.^[1] As of April 2011, cabinet meetings are being held without Ahmadinejad, with the vice president of Iran, Mohammad Reza Rahimi, chairing the meetings.^[2] On 27 April, the majles endorsed Moslehi in his position as Minister of Intelligence. The New York Times reported on speculation that Moslehi's resignation was prompted by a dispute with Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaei, after Moslehi tried to dismiss an intelligence official.^[3]

Background

Moslehi was born in Isfahan, Iran in 1956. He was a student of Haghani School and received a Masters in International Law after studying abroad for several years.

Before Ahmadinejad was elected president in 2005, Moslehi served as the representative of Ayatollah Khamenei to the Basij. When he was elected, Ahmadinejad appointed him as his own adviser for clerical affairs. He was later appointed by Khamenei to be the head of the Organization for Islamic Endowments, before being appointed by Ahmadinejad to Minister of Intelligence in August 2009.^[4]

See also

• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
• Ali Khamenei
• Cabinet of Iran

References

1. ^ Dehghan, Saeed Kamali (27 April 2011). "Iran's president and supreme leader in rift over minister's reinstatement". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/27/iran-president-supreme-leader-rift. Retrieved 29 April 2011. 
2. ^ "Iran: Cabinet convenes without Ahmadinejad for second time". Radio Zamaneh. 28 April 2011. http://www.payvand.com/news/11/apr/1268.html. Retrieved 29 April 2011. 
3. ^ Yong, William (23 April 2011). "Iranian Leader Asserts Power Over President". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/world/middleeast/24iran.html. Retrieved 29 April 2011. 
4. ^ Sahimi, Muhammad (20 August 2009). "Ahmadinejad's Security Cabinet". PBS. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2009/08/ahmadinejads-security-cabinet.html. Retrieved 29 April 2011. 

External links

• Heydar Moslehi collected news at Radio Zamaneh
• Heydar Moslehi collected news at the DROI (Democratic Republic of Iran) blog

External links

• 18 of Iran’s 21 new ministers hail from Revolutionary Guards, secret police with a photograph of Mohseni-Ejehei
• Hojjat al-Islam Mohseni-Ejehei at Source Watch
• Mohseni Ezhei: From Inquisitor to Minister of Information
• http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/27/content_11777059.htm