Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur | |
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Minister of the Interior | |
In office 19 August 1985 – 3 August 1989 | |
President | Ali Khamenei |
Prime Minister | Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
Preceded by | Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri |
Succeeded by | Abdollah Nouri |
Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly | |
In office 28 May 2000 – 28 May 2004 | |
Constituency | Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr |
Majority | 717,076 (24.46%)[1] |
In office 18 February 1989 – 28 May 1992 | |
Constituency | Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr |
Majority | 225,767 (34.1%)[1] |
Ambassador of Iran to Syria | |
In office 1982–1986 | |
President | Ali Khamenei |
Prime Minister | Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
Preceded by | Ali Motazed |
Succeeded by | Mohammad Hassan Akhtari |
Personal details | |
Born | 1947 Tehran, Iran |
Died | 7 June 2021 Tehran, Iran | (aged 74)
Political party | Association of Combatant Clerics |
Relatives | Fakhri Mohtashamipour (niece)[2] |
Alma mater | Alavi Institute Qom Seminary Hawza Najaf |
Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur or Mohtashami (Persian: سید علیاکبر محتشمیپور; 1947 – 7 June 2021) was an Iranian Shia cleric. He was active during the 1979 Iranian Revolution and later became interior minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran.[3] He is "seen as a founder of the Hezbollah movement in Lebanon".[4][5]
Mohtashami was the target of an assassination attempt after he lost his right hand when he opened a book full with explosives.[6][7]
Mohtashamipur died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran on 7 June 2021, aged 74.[8]