- Ruhollah Hosseinian
Hojatoleslam Ruhollah Hosseinian (PerB| روح الله حسینیان , born 1955 inShiraz ) is a member of Board of Trustees of Islamic Revelution Document Center. [ [http://www.irdc.ir/about.asp#boss IRDC.ir - Islamic Revolution Document Center - About ] ] He is a fundamentalist who was the deputy toAli Fallahian [ [http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3330 Iran’s extremist Shiite cleric finds new clout] ] . In April 2007 he was appointed by PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad as the security advisor to the president. [cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/story/2007/04/070425_mv-hosseinian.shtml|title=fa icon حسینیان مشاور سیاسی و امنیتی احمدی نژاد شد|publisher=BBC Persian|accessdate=2007-04-26] Since 2007, he was appointed as a member ofCouncil for Spreading Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Thoughts .Recrimination
Reformers of the Islamic Republic have asserted Hosseinian inspired the murder of secular intellectuals [http://www.economist.com/research/backgrounders/displaystory.cfm?story_id=318156 "...Ruhollah Hosseinian, a conservative ideologue, whom reformers charge with inspiring the serial murder of secular intellectuals in the 1990s."] . In turn, he has accused the supporters of
Mohammad Khatami of theChain Murders of Iran [ [http://www.iran-e-azad.org/english/boi/10640120_99.html Cabinet Bans Head of Broadcast Network] 19 January 2001] [ [http://www.iran-press-service.com/articles/14Dariush_Parvaneh.html Ayatollah Khameneh'I Under Heavy Pressure To Resign ] ] .Ali Larijani who had allowed this accusation to be broadcast on Iranian television was banned from attending Cabinet sessions.According to one report, Hojatoleslam Ruhollah Hosseinian has stated that
Saeed Emami was killed in order to "prevent identification of higher clerical authorities that ordered the killings" [ [http://www.iran-press-service.com/articles/secret_societies_221299.htm CLOSING SECRET FIRMS, KHATAMI SCORED ANOTHER MAJOR VICTORY] ] .References and notes
Further reading
*"Answering Only to God: Faith and Freedom in Twenty-First Century Iran" ISBN 9780805072990
External links
* [http://www.iranian.com/News/2000/March/rafsanjani.html Revealed: role of a president in the murder of his people]
8 March 2000
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