Ali Mohammad Besharati (born 1945) is a senior Iranian politician who served as deputy foreign minister and also, interior minister.
Ali Mohammad Besharati | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Interior | |
| In office 16 August 1993 – 20 August 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Abdollah Nouri |
| Succeeded by | Abdollah Nouri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1945 (age 78–79) Jahrom, Imperial State of Iran |
Early life and education edit
Besharati was born in Jahrom in 1945.[1][2] He studied medicine. However, he holds a bachelor's degree in education.[1] During the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, when he was a medical student, he was detained and jailed for five years.[3]
Career edit
Following the 1979 revolution, Besharati was elected as a deputy to the Iranian parliament where he represented Jahrom, Fars province, between 1980 and 1984.[4] He was among the founders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and headed its intelligence unit.[4] He served as the first deputy foreign minister for ten years.[3][5] He was deputy to Ali Akbar Velayati.[6] Besharati also served as an advisor to former President Hashemi Rafsanjani.[7]
Besharati was the interior minister from 16 August 1993 to 2 August 1997 in the cabinet of Hashemi Rafsanjani.[4][8] Besharati succeeded Abdollah Nouri as interior minister.[9][10] Besharati's major task was to organize the election process. It was he who appointed Mahmoud Ahmedinejad as governor.[3]
Then Besharati worked in the Strategic Studies Center.[2] As of 2012 he was serving as the political advisor to the Head of the Expediency Discernment Council.[11]
References edit
- ^ a b Jamal S. Al-Suwaidi, ed. (1996). Iran and the Gulf: A Search for Stability. London: I. B. Tauris. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-86064-144-2.
- ^ a b "Ali Muhammad Besharati". Utah University Archives. 12 May 2007. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ^ a b c Michael Slackman (28 August 2006). "An Ex-Official Offers Glimpse of Iranian Views of U.S." The New York Times. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ a b c Mehrzad Boroujerdi; Kourosh Rahimkhani (2018). Postrevolutionary Iran. A Political Handbook. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. pp. 118, 422. ISBN 9780815654322.
- ^ Dilip Hiro (1985). Iran Under the Ayatollahs. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 382. ISBN 978-0-7102-1123-1.
- ^ Farhang Rajaee (2010). Islamism and Modernism. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-292-77436-0.
- ^ Hanif Zarrabi-Kashani (18 July 2013). "Iran: The Week in Review". United States Institute of Peace. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ^ Peter Feuilherade (1 April 1994). "Iran: media and the message". The Middle East. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ Mohammad Sahimi (28 April 2010). "The Middle Road of Hashemi Rafsanjani". PBS. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ Rachel Ingber (14 August 1997). "Khatami's Cabinet Choices: On the Record". Archived from the original (PolicyWatch 264) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ^ "NAM summit appropriate opportunity to showcase Iran's achievements - official". BBC Monitoring Middle East. London. 29 August 2012. ProQuest 1035497063. Retrieved 28 May 2023.