Morteza Bakhtiari | |
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Head of the Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation | |
Assumed office 22 July 2019 | |
Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
Preceded by | Parviz Fattah |
Deputy Custodian of Astan Quds Razavi | |
In office 22 May 2016 – 1 January 2019 | |
Appointed by | Ebrahim Raisi |
Preceded by | Mehdi Azizian |
Succeeded by | Reza Fatemi Amin |
Minister of Justice | |
In office 3 September 2009 – 15 August 2013 | |
President | Mahmoud Ahmedinejad |
Preceded by | Gholam Hossein Elham |
Succeeded by | Mostafa Pourmohammadi |
Governor of Isfahan | |
In office 8 October 2005 – 3 September 2009 | |
President | Mahmoud Ahmedinejad |
Preceded by | Mahmoud Hosseini |
Succeeded by | Alireza Zaker |
Personal details | |
Born | 1952 (age 71–72) Mashhad, Iran |
Morteza Bakhtiari (born 1952) is an Iranian politician who served as Minister of Justice from 2009 to 2013.
Bakhtiari was born in Mashhad in 1952. [1]
Bakhtiari served as the director of the state prisons organization of Iran from 4 March 1999 to June 2004. [2] He was named as the head of the justice department of the Khorasan Province in Mashhad in June 2004, replacing Ali Akbar Yasaqi. [3] [4] Then he began to serve as the governor of Isfahan in October 2005. [5] [6] He was approved by the Majlis as justice minister to the cabinet led by president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad on 3 September 2009 [7] [8] and replaced Gholam Hossein Elham as justice minister. [9] Bakhtiari won 225 votes in favor and 36 votes against. [10] 23 members of the Majlis did not attend the session. [10]
Bakhtiari was one of seven members of the committee that was tasked with carrying out the presidential elections held in June 2013. [11] His term as justice minister ended on 15 August 2013 and he was replaced by Mostafa Pourmohammadi. [12]
The European Union put sanctions on Bakhtiari and other two ministers in the form of a visa ban and asset freeze in October 2011 due to alleged human rights abuses. [13] The Treasury of the United Kingdom also put him among asset freeze targets in October 2011 due to the same reason. [14]
Morteza Bakhtiari | |
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![]() | |
Head of the Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation | |
Assumed office 22 July 2019 | |
Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
Preceded by | Parviz Fattah |
Deputy Custodian of Astan Quds Razavi | |
In office 22 May 2016 – 1 January 2019 | |
Appointed by | Ebrahim Raisi |
Preceded by | Mehdi Azizian |
Succeeded by | Reza Fatemi Amin |
Minister of Justice | |
In office 3 September 2009 – 15 August 2013 | |
President | Mahmoud Ahmedinejad |
Preceded by | Gholam Hossein Elham |
Succeeded by | Mostafa Pourmohammadi |
Governor of Isfahan | |
In office 8 October 2005 – 3 September 2009 | |
President | Mahmoud Ahmedinejad |
Preceded by | Mahmoud Hosseini |
Succeeded by | Alireza Zaker |
Personal details | |
Born | 1952 (age 71–72) Mashhad, Iran |
Morteza Bakhtiari (born 1952) is an Iranian politician who served as Minister of Justice from 2009 to 2013.
Bakhtiari was born in Mashhad in 1952. [1]
Bakhtiari served as the director of the state prisons organization of Iran from 4 March 1999 to June 2004. [2] He was named as the head of the justice department of the Khorasan Province in Mashhad in June 2004, replacing Ali Akbar Yasaqi. [3] [4] Then he began to serve as the governor of Isfahan in October 2005. [5] [6] He was approved by the Majlis as justice minister to the cabinet led by president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad on 3 September 2009 [7] [8] and replaced Gholam Hossein Elham as justice minister. [9] Bakhtiari won 225 votes in favor and 36 votes against. [10] 23 members of the Majlis did not attend the session. [10]
Bakhtiari was one of seven members of the committee that was tasked with carrying out the presidential elections held in June 2013. [11] His term as justice minister ended on 15 August 2013 and he was replaced by Mostafa Pourmohammadi. [12]
The European Union put sanctions on Bakhtiari and other two ministers in the form of a visa ban and asset freeze in October 2011 due to alleged human rights abuses. [13] The Treasury of the United Kingdom also put him among asset freeze targets in October 2011 due to the same reason. [14]