Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi

Iranian Ayatollah and politician (born 1950)

Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi
Dorri-Najafabadi in 2016

Attorney-General of Iran
In office 23 August 2004 – 24 August 2009
Appointed by	Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Preceded by	Abdolnabi Namazi
Succeeded by	Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i
Minister of Intelligence
In office 20 August 1997 – 9 February 1999
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Ali Fallahian
Succeeded by	Ali Younesi
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 March 1997
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
Chairman	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting) Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Sadeq Larijani
Member of the Assembly of Experts
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 February 1999
Constituency	Tehran Province
Majority	2,056,427
In office 21 February 1991 – 22 February 1999
Constituency	Ilam Province
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office 28 May 1992 – 18 August 1997
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr^[1]^[2]
In office 28 May 1980 – 28 May 1984
Constituency	Ardal^[3]

Personal details
Born	Hosseinali Dorri (1950-12-03) 3 December 1950 (age 73) Najafabad, Isfahan Province, Iran
Alma mater	Qom Seminary
Website	www.dorri.ir

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]

References

^ "Getting to Know the Representatives in the Majles" (PDF), Iranian Parliament, The Iran Social Science Data Portal, p. 403
^ "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
^ "Getting to Know the Representatives in the Majles" (PDF), Iranian Parliament, The Iran Social Science Data Portal, p. 56
^ Gasiorowski, Mark J. (1 October 2000). "The power struggle in Iran". Middle East Policy. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
^ "Statement by Dorri Najabadi" (PDF). UN. 23 April 2005. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
^ ISNA - 2 December 2006 - 84/11/23 Archived 28 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Iran calls for ban on Barbie doll". BBC News. 28 April 2008.
^ "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".

External links

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Political offices
Preceded by Ali Fallahian	Minister of Intelligence of Iran 1997–2000	Succeeded by Ali Younesi

Intelligence Ministers of Iran

Reyshahri (1984−89)
Fallahian (1989−97)
Dorri-Najafabadi (1997−00)
Younessi (2000−05)
Mohseni-Eje'i (2005−09)
Ahmadinejad ^a (2009)
Moslehi (2009−13)
Alavi (2013−2021)
Khatib (2021−present)

^a Acting

Cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami (1997–2005)

Cabinet
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Kamal Kharrazi (1997–2005)
Minister of Agriculture**	Isa Kalantari (1997–2001)
Minister of Jihad of Construction**	Mohammad Saeedikia (1997–2001)
Ministry of Jihad of Agriculture**	Mahmoud Hojjati (2001–2005)
Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone	Mohammad Reza Aref (1997–2000) Nasrollah Jahangard* (2000) Abdollah Mirtaheri* (2000–2001) Ahmad Motamedi (2001–2005)
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Hossein Kamali (1997–2001) Safdar Hosseini (2001–2004) Nasser Khaleghi (2004–2005)
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance	Attaollah Mohajerani (1997–2000) Ahmad Masjed-Jamei* (2000–2001) Ahmad Masjed-Jamei (2001–2005)
Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics	Ali Shamkhani (1997–2005)
Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance	Hossein Namazi (1997–2001) Tahmasb Mazaheri (2001–2004) Safdar Hosseini (2004–2005)
Minister of Education	Hossein Mozaffar (1997–2001) Morteza Haji (2001–2005)
Minister of Energy	Habibolah Bitaraf (1997–2005)
Minister of Health and Medical Education	Mohammad Farhadi (1997–2001) Masoud Pezeshkian (2001–2005)
Minister of Mines and Metals***	Eshaq Jahangiri (1997–2001)
Minister of Industries***	Gholamreza Shafeei (1997–2001)
Minister of Industries and Mines***	Eshaq Jahangiri (2001–2005)
Minister of Intelligence	Ghorbanali Dorri Najafabadi (1997–1998) Ali Younesi (1998–2005)
Minister of Interior	Abdollah Nouri (1997–1998) Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari (1998–2005)
Minister of Justice	Mohammad Ismaeil Shooshtari (1997–2005)
Minister of Petroleum	Bijan Namdar Zanganeh (1997–2005)
Minister of Roads and Transportation	Mahmoud Hojatti (1997–2001) Rahman Dadman (2001) Ahmad Khorram (2001–2004) Mohammad Rahmati (2004–2005)
Commerce	Mohammad Shariatmadar (1997–2005)
Minister of Science, Research and Technology	Mostafa Moeen (1997–2003) Jafar Towfighi (2003–2005)
Minister of Welfare and Social Security****	Mohammad Hossein Sharifzadegan (2004–2005)
Ministry of Cooperatives	Morteza Haji (1997–2001) Ali Soufi (2001–2005)
Ministry of Housing and Urban Development	Ali Abdolalizadeh (1997–2005)

Cabinet-level
First Vice President	Hassan Habibi (1997–2001) Mohammad Reza Aref (2001–2005)
Chief of Staff	Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (1997–2001) Ali Khatami (2001–2005)
Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization	Gholam Reza Aghazadeh (1997–2005)
Vice President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization	Mohammad Beheshti Shirazi (1997–2003) Hossein Marashi (2003–2005)
Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization	Masoumeh Ebtekar (1997–2005)
Vice President and Head of Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs	Hossein Dehghan (2002–2005)
Vice President and Head of Management and Planning Organization of Iran	Mohammad-Ali Najafi (1997–2000) Mohammad Reza Aref (2000–2001) Mohammad Sattarifar (2001–2004) Hamidreza Baradaran-Shoraka (2004–2005)
Vice President and Head of Physical Education Organization	Mostafa Hashemitaba (1997–2001) Mohsen Mehralizadeh (2001–2005)
Vice President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs	Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (2001–2004) Majid Ansari (2004–2005)

* Acting
**Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Jihad of Construction merged, forming Ministry of Jihad of Agriculture
***Ministry of Industries and Ministry of Mines and Metals merged, forming Ministry of Industries and Mines
****established in 2004