Mostafa Pourmohammadi

Iranian politician

Mostafa Pourmohammadi (Persian: مصطفی پورمحمدی; born 9 March 1960) is an Iranian politician and prosecutor. He was minister of interior from 2005 to 2008 and minister of justice from 2013 until 2017. Pourmohammadi took part of the 1988 Massacre of Iranian Prisoners.[1]

Mostafa Pourmohammadi
Minister of Justice
In office
15 August 2013 – 20 August 2017
PresidentHassan Rouhani
Preceded byMorteza Bakhtiari
Succeeded byAlireza Avayi
Minister of Interior
In office
24 August 2005 – 19 May 2008
PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded byAbdolvahed Mousavi Lari
Succeeded bySeyyed Mehdi Hashemi (acting)
Personal details
Born (1960-03-09) 9 March 1960 (age 64)
Qom, Iran
Political partyCombatant Clergy Association
Children4
Alma materUniversity of Mashhad
WebsiteOfficial website

During the 2020 coronavirus outbreak, Pourmohammadi tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.[2][3]

References change

  1. Interior Minister Pour-Mohammadi and Iranian Human Rights Abuses U.S. State Department 11 October 2006
  2. "More Iranian officials infected with coronavirus". Al Arabiya English. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  3. "More Members Of Iran's Political Elite Fall Victim To Coronavirus". Radio Farda. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.