Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour

Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour
علی‌اکبر محتشمی‌پور
Minister of the Interior
In office
28 October 1985 – 29 August 1989
PresidentAli Khamenei
Prime MinisterMir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded byAli Akbar Nategh-Nouri
Succeeded byAbdollah Nouri
Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly
In office
28 May 2000 – 28 May 2004
ConstituencyTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority717,076 (24.46%)
In office
18 February 1989 – 28 May 1992
ConstituencyTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority225,767 (34.1%)
Ambassador of Iran to Syria
In office
1982–1986
PresidentAli Khamenei
Prime MinisterMir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded byAli Motazed
Succeeded byMohammad Hassan Akhtari
Personal details
Born(1947-08-30)30 August 1947
Died7 June 2021(2021-06-07) (aged 73)
Tehran, Iran
PartyAssociation of Combatant Clerics
RelativesFakhri Mohtashamipour (niece)
Alma materAlavi Institute
Qom Seminary
Hawza Najaf
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Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour (Persian: سید علی‌اکبر محتشمی‌پور‎; 30 August 1947 – 7 June 2021), also known as Mohtashami, was an Iranian Shia cleric and former interior minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was active in the Iranian Revolution and is seen as a founder of the Hezbollah movement in Lebanon as well as one of the "radical elements advocating the export of the revolution," in the Iranian clerical hierarchy.

In an Israeli assassination attempt targeting Mohtashami, he lost his right hand when he opened a book loaded with explosives. He died on 7 June 2021 from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.