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Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi (Persian: قربانعلی دری نجف‌آبادی; born 3 December 1950) is an Iranian politician and cleric. He is currently a member of the Assembly of Experts and also a member of the Expediency Discernment Council. He was previously the Minister of Intelligence of Islamic Republic of Iran.

Career

Dorri-Najafabadi was the minister of intelligence in the cabinet of then president Mohammad Khatami.[4] During his term of ministership, some journalists and reformist politicians were murdered by security agents, for which the Iranian government later charged his deputy, Saeed Emami, with orchestrating, claiming he had organized them independently. Dorri-Najafabadi resigned and was succeeded by Ali Younessi. The events were later named the "Chained Murders" by the reformist cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami.

After Mohammad Ismaeil Shooshtari, in 2005, he was the attorney-general of the Islamic Republic of Iran.[5][6] He was succeeded by Jamal Karimi-Rad in the post.

In 2008, he said that toys such as the Barbie doll are "destructive culturally and social danger."[7]

Compulsory hijab

Dorri-Najafabadi is a fierce advocate of compulsory hijab in Iran. At a Friday prayer sermon, he said, "Holocaust has been as a pretext to fight hijab."[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Getting to Know the Representatives in the Majles" (PDF), Iranian Parliament, The Iran Social Science Data Portal, p. 403
  2. ^ "Getting to Know the Representatives in the Majles" (PDF), Iranian Parliament, The Iran Social Science Data Portal, p. 521, archived from the original (PDF) on 30 November 2016, retrieved 15 April 2016
  3. ^ "Getting to Know the Representatives in the Majles" (PDF), Iranian Parliament, The Iran Social Science Data Portal, p. 56
  4. ^ Gasiorowski, Mark J. (1 October 2000). "The power struggle in Iran". Middle East Policy. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Statement by Dorri Najabadi" (PDF). UN. 23 April 2005. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  6. ^ ISNA - 2 December 2006 - 84/11/23 Archived 28 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Iran calls for ban on Barbie doll". BBC News. 28 April 2008.
  8. ^ "Friday Sermon in Arak, Iran by Gholamali Dorri-Najafabadi: Six Million Jews Were Not Killed in the Holocaust – It Was More Like 50 or 60 Jews; the Holocaust Has Been a Pretext to Fight Against Islam and the Hijab for 70 Years".

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Preceded by Minister of Intelligence of Iran
1997–2000 		Succeeded by


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