Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri

Ali-Akbar Nateq-Nouri
Speaker of the Parliament of Iran
In office 3 May 1992 – 3 May 2000
Preceded by	Mehdi Karroubi
Succeeded by	Mehdi Karroubi
Minister of the Interior
In office 15 August 1981 – 19 August 1985
President	Ali Khamenei
Prime Minister	Mahdavi Kani Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by	Mahdavi Kani
Succeeded by	Ali Akbar Mohtashami-Pur
Personal details
Born	6 October 1944 (1944-10-06) (age 67) Noor, Mazandaran, Iran
Alma mater	Tehran University (B.A. in Theology and Law)
Religion	Twelver Shi'a Islam

Hodjatoleslam Ali Akbar Nateq-Nouri (Persian: علی‌اکبر ناطق‌نوری), sometimes spelled Nategh-Nouri (born 1944, Noor, Mazandaran province) is an Iranian politician who was the Chairman of the Parliament from 1992 to 2000. Before that, he was the interior minister of the Islamic Republic. He currently serves as an advisor to Iran's supreme leader and is a critic of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

He was a candidate in the Iranian presidential election in 1997.^[1][2]

Nateq-Nouri was at the center of an international dispute in 2009 after he referred to Bahrain as Iran's 14th province. Bahrain paused negotiations with Iran regarding gas imports in response, and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) condemned the remarks.^[3] The Iranian foreign minister immediately commented on the controversy and stated that Mr Nateq-Nouri's remark about the history of Bahrain had been misinterpreted by the media and that Iran respected Bahrain's sovereignty.^[3][4] Nateq-Nouri himself told Aljazeerah that his remarks about the history of the region had been misunderstood and that his comment was not relevant to today's Iran-Bahrain relationship, IRNA reported.^[5] Bahrain was a part of Iran until it was recognized by Iran and the United Kingdom as a separate state after a referendum conducted by the United Nations in 1971.^[4]

See also

• Faezeh Hashemi
• Gholamhossein Karbaschi
• Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
• Mehdi Karroubi
• Mohammad Khatami
• Iranian presidential election, 1997

References

1. ^ "Iran Elections: An Overview". CNN. 1997. Archived from the original on 2010-11-15. http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9705/iran.elex/background.html?eref=sitesearch. Retrieved 2009-02-23. 
2. ^ Clip Transcript
3. ^ ^{a b} Ali Khan, Ghazanfar (2009-23-2). "GCC warns Iran against making hostile remarks". Arab News. Archived from the original on 2010-11-15. http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=119519&d=23&m=2&y=2009. Retrieved 2009-23-2. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Iran-Bahrain relations" (in Persian). BBC Persian. 2009-04-05. Archived from the original on 2010-11-15. http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2009/02/090216_mg_iranandbahrain.shtml. Retrieved 2009-23-2. 
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External links

• Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Political offices
Preceded by Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani	Minister of Interior of Iran 1981-1985	Succeeded by Ali Akbar Mohtashami-Pur
Preceded by Mehdi Karroubi	Speaker of the Parliament of Iran 1992-2000	Succeeded by Mehdi Karroubi

Persondata
Name	Nategh-Nouri, Ali Akbar
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Date of birth	6 October 1944
Place of birth	Noor, Mazandaran, Iran
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