1. Mohammad Reyshahri, known as Mohammad Mohammadi-Nik, was an Iranian politician, cleric, judge and religious scholar, who notably served as Chief Judge of the Revolutionary Military Tribunal, as the first Minister of Intelligence and Security in the cabinet of Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi and as Prosecutor-General of Iran from 1989 to 1991.
Mohammad Reyshahri was educated in Qom and Najaf in the field of theology.
Mohammad Reyshahri began to involve himself in political activities in June 1963 during the religious revolts after Khomeini's famous speech in Qom.
From 1984 to 1989, in Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi's cabinet, Mohammad Reyshahri served as the inaugural Minister of Intelligence and Security.
Mohammad Reyshahri played a major role in defining and expanding the Ministry's role and remit, collaborating especially with the intelligence services of North Korea, Syria, Libya and South Yemen, which supported Iran during its war with Iraq.
Mohammad Reyshahri was then appointed Prosecutor-General of Iran, serving from 1989 to 1991, and became Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for the Clergy in 1990.
Mohammad Reyshahri drafted the court's 47-article ordinance, which was passed in 1990.
In 1991 Mohammad Reyshahri was appointed "Representative on Hajj and Pilgrimage Affairs" by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei placing him in charge of the new "Organization for Hajj and Pilgrimage".
Mohammad Reyshahri continued to hold that post at least until 2007.
Mohammad Reyshahri was the dean of the Dar Al Hadith Scientific Cultural Institute.
Mohammad Reyshahri finished in fourth place among the four candidates approved by the Guardian Council.
Mohammad Reyshahri wrote more than 75 books on Islamic teachings, and one of them, entitled The Wisdom of Christ, was translated and published in English in South Africa to mark the New Year in 2022.
Mohammad Reyshahri died at a hospital in Tehran on 21 March 2022 at the age of 75.