18 Facts About Mostafa Pourmohammadi

Mostafa Pourmohammadi was Minister of Interior from 2005 to 2008 and Minister of Justice from 2013 until 2017.

Mostafa Pourmohammadi is reportedly implicated in the 1988 execution of MEK prisoners.

Mostafa Pourmohammadi was educated in Islamic jurisprudence, principles of jurisprudence, and philosophy in the Haqqani seminary in Qom.

Mostafa Pourmohammadi completed his education in extra-jurisprudence and principles in Mashhad, Qom, and Tehran.

Mostafa Pourmohammadi holds a level four jurisprudence and Islamic law degree, which is equivalent to a PhD.

Mostafa Pourmohammadi was a prosecutor in the Revolutionary Court in Bandar Abbas, Kermanshah and Mashhad from 1979 to 1986.

Mostafa Pourmohammadi was appointed Deputy Intelligence Minister in 1987 under then-Minister of Intelligence Hojjatoleslam Ali Fallahian during the term of the former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

From 1997 to 1998 Mostafa Pourmohammadi served as the director of the ministry's foreign directorate.

Mostafa Pourmohammadi served as member and head of the board of trustees of Center for Islamic Revolution Documents.

Mostafa Pourmohammadi was appointed by supreme leader Khamenei as the head of the political and social department of his office in 2003.

On 24 August 2005, Mostafa Pourmohammadi was appointed interior minister by Ahmadinejad.

Mostafa Pourmohammadi was removed from office in a cabinet reshuffle in May 2008.

Mostafa Pourmohammadi was dismissed allegedly for informing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei about the electoral irregularities without the consent of Ahmedinejad.

Mostafa Pourmohammadi announced his candidacy for the 2013 presidential election in March 2013, but withdrew in favor of Manouchehr Mottaki.

On 4 August 2013, Mostafa Pourmohammadi was nominated by newly elected President Hassan Rouhani as the Minister of Justice and was confirmed on 15 August by the Majlis.

Montazeri saw Mostafa Pourmohammadi as being "a central figure" in the mass executions of prisoners in Tehran.

Mostafa Pourmohammadi declared himself a candidate for the 2024 Iranian presidential election.

Mostafa Pourmohammadi was openly critical of the decision to continue to aid Russia in their invasion of Ukraine.