Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i

Gholam-Hossein Eje'i
Attorney-General of Iran
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 August 2009
Appointed by	Sadeq Larijani
Preceded by	Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi
6th Minister of Intelligence
In office 2 August 2005 – 23 July 2009
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by	Ali Younesi
Succeeded by	Heydar Moslehi
Personal details
Born	September 29, 1956 (1956-09-29) (age 55) Ejiyeh, Isfahan, Iran
Alma mater	Iran University of Science (B.A. in Western Philosophy) Tehran University (M.A. in education)
Religion	Twelver Shia Islam

Hojjatol-Islam Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i (born circa 1956, Ejiyeh, Isfahan^[1]) was the head of the Ministry of Intelligence in Iran from 2005 to July 2009, when he was abruptly dismissed. On August 24, 2009 he was appointed prosecutor general of the country by new judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani.^[2] He has also held a number of governmental posts since 1984. He is current Attorney-General of Iran.

Background

Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejehei was born in Ejiyeh, a central province of Isfahan, Iran in 1956.^[1] He was a student of Haghani School and received a Masters in International Law after studying abroad for several years.

He has followed a government career in Iran, including the following roles:

• Head of the Ministry of Intelligence Select Committee from 1984–85
• Representative of the Judiciary Chief to the Ministry of Intelligence from 1986-88.
• Head of the prosecutor’s office for Economic Affairs from 1989-90.
• Representative of the Judiciary Chief to the Ministry of Intelligence again from 1991-94.
• Prosecutor of the Special Clerical Court from 1995-97.
• Head of the Ministry of Intelligence in Iran from August 24, 2005 to July 26, 2009 when he was abruptly dismissed.

He has been the Prosecutor General of the Special Clerical Court since 1996 and he was also head of the Judicial Complex for Government Employees as well as his ministerial responsibilities.

He is considered to be a conservative hardliner affiliated with hardline cleric Mohammad Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi^[3]

Activities

On July 15, 2009, Mohseni-Ejehei told reporters that his Ministry might publicize confessions made by people held for weeks without access to lawyers. He said "The confessions obtained from those arrested could be made public, should the Judiciary decide to air their remarks." Human rights activists raised concerns that "these so-called confessions are obtained under duress."^[4]

He ceased to be Minister following his dismissal on 26 July 2009, just 4 days short of 4 year term, for which no reason was published,^[5] but is thought to be connected to his opposition to the appointment of Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei as First Vice President. He was appointed to that position by the President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,

Later on Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad praised Mr. Mohsen-Eje'i as a good human being but said his removal was necessary as the ministry needed huge changes to cope with situation. He further said if ministry had done its job properly, there would not have been post-election bloody riots in which some people died, but he stopped short of criticizing Mohseni-Eje'i as responsible for them.^[6]

See also

• Chain Murders of Iran
• Pirouz Davani
• Isa Saharkhiz

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Iran: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad presented his cabinet". Caucaz Europenews. 2005-08-14. http://www.caucaz.com/home_eng/depeches.php?idp=139. Retrieved 2009-07-21. 
2. ^ Iran's sacked minister appointed as prosecutor general. August 25, 2009
3. ^ CRISIS AS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE IRGC. Stratfor. July 27, 2009. Retrieved 1-August-2009
4. ^ "Iran: Stop ‘Framing’ Government Critics". Human Rights Watch. 2009-07-21. http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/07/21/iran-stop-framing-government-critics. Retrieved 2009-07-21. 
5. ^ "Iran intelligence minister sacked". BBC News. 2009-07-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8169839.stm. Retrieved 2009-07-26. 
6. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2009/08/090820_si_ahmadinejad_intelligence.shtml

Political offices
Preceded by Ali Younessi	Minister of Intelligence 2005-2009	Succeeded by Heydar Moslehi
Legal offices
Preceded by Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi	Attorney-General of Iran 2009-present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Directors of Ministry of Intelligence of Iran

(1957–1979) Bakhtiar | Pakravan | Nassiri | Moghadam Islamic Republic (1984–present) Reyshahri | Fallahian | Dorri-Najafabadi | Younessi | Mohseni-Ejehei | Moslehi

External links

• 18 of Iran’s 21 new ministers hail from Revolutionary Guards, secret police with a photograph of Mohseni-Ejehei
• Hojjat al-Islam Mohseni-Ejehei at Source Watch
• Mohseni Ezhei: From Inquisitor to Minister of Information
• http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/27/content_11777059.htm

Persondata
Name	Mohseni-Ejeie, Gholam-Hossein
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Date of birth	September 29, 1956
Place of birth	Ejiyeh, Isfahan, Iran
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