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Mostafa Pourmohammadi
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| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 15 August 2013 – 20 August 2017 |
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| President | Hassan Rouhani |
| Preceded by | Morteza Bakhtiari |
| Succeeded by | Alireza Avayi |
| Minister of Interior | |
| In office 24 August 2005 – 15 May 2008 |
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| President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Preceded by | Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari |
| Succeeded by | Seyyed Mehdi Hashemi (acting) |
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| Born | 9 March 1960 Qom, Imperial State of Iran |
| Political party | Combatant Clergy Association |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University of Mashhad |
| Website | Official website: http://pourmohammadi.ir |
Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi (Persian: مصطفی پورمحمدی; born 9 March 1960, Qom) is an Iranian politician and prosecutor, who has served at different positions and cabinet posts. He was minister of interior from 2005 to 2008 and minister of justice from 2013 until 2017. Pourmohammadi is reportedly implicated in the 1988 Massacre of Iranian Prisoners.
Early life and education
Pourmohammadi was born in Qom in 1960. However, IRNA reports his birth year as 1959.
He was educated in Islamic jurisprudence, principles of jurisprudence, and philosophy in the Haqqani seminary in Qom. He completed his education in extra-jurisprudence and principles in Mashhad, Qom, and Tehran. He holds a level four jurisprudence and Islamic law degree, which is equivalent of a PhD.
Career
Pourmohammadi was prosecutor of the Revolutionary Court in Bandar Abbas, Kermanshah and Mashhad from 1979 to 1986. Next he served as prosecutor of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Court in the western regions in 1986.
He was appointed deputy intelligence minister in 1987 under the then intelligence minister Hojjatoleslam Ali Fallahian during the term of the former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. He was also named director the ministry's counterintelligence directorate. From 1997 to 1998 Pourmohammadi served as the director of the ministry's foreign directorate. His term as deputy intelligence minister ended in 1999.
In addition, he was acting deputy minister of information from 1997 to 1999. He also served as member and head of the board of trustees of Center for Islamic Revolution Documents. He was appointed by supreme leader Khamenei as the head of the political and social department of his office in 2003.
On 24 August 2005, Pourmohammadi was appointed interior minister by Ahmadinejad. The Majlis approved him as minister with 153 votes in favor. In an effort to end the plight of refugees, Pourmohammadi attended a meeting of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees on 10 October 2006 in Geneva, Switzerland. He was removed from office in a cabinet reshuffle in May 2008. He was dismissed allegedly for informing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei about the electoral irregularities without the consent of Ahmedinejad.
Then Pourmohammadi was appointed head of Iran's general inspectorate office. He announced his candidacy for the 2013 presidential election in March 2013 but withdrew in favor of Manouchehr Mottaki. On 4 August 2013, Pourmohammadi was nominated by newly elected President Hassan Rouhani as the minister of justice and was confirmed on 15 August by the Majlis. On 2 August 2017, he was announced that he will not be part of Rouhani's second government.
Personal life
Pourmohammadi is married and has four children.
COVID-19 outbreak
During the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, there were unconfirmed reports about he having been taken to hospital for coronavirus symptoms, and later tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Later he discharged from hospital.
See also
In Spanish: Mostafá Purmohammadí para niños
