13 Facts About Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i

Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i was the minister of intelligence from 2005 to July 2009, when he was abruptly dismissed.

Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i has held a number of governmental posts since 1984.

Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i was born in Ezhiyeh, Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran in 1956.

Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i is a graduate of the Haqqani school in Qom and one of his teachers was Mesbah Yazdi.

Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i received a master's degree in international law from the Haqqani school.

Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i served as Head of the Ministry of Intelligence's Select Committee from 1984 to 1985.

Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i was then Representative of the Head of Judiciary to the Ministry of Intelligence.

Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i was appointed Minister of Intelligence on 24 August 2005 after securing 217 votes in his favor at the Majlis.

Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i was in office until 26 July 2009, when he was abruptly dismissed.

Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i has been the Special Prosecutor for the Clergy for two years.

On 15 July 2009, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i told reporters that his ministry might publicize confessions made by people held for weeks without access to their lawyers.

Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i further said if the ministry had done its job properly, there would not have been post-election bloody riots in which some people died, but he stopped short of criticizing Mohseni-Eje'i as responsible for them.

Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i was among several Iranian officials that were sanctioned in 2011 by the United States Department of State and the European Union for his role in suppressing the 2009 Iranian presidential election protests.