Ali Akbar Nategh-Nuri

Ali Akbar Nategh-Nuri
Nategh-Nuri in 2023
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
In office
28 May 2000 – 20 September 2022
Appointed byAli Khamenei
ChairmanAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting)
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Sadeq Larijani
3rd Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly
In office
28 May 1992 – 27 May 2000
Preceded byMehdi Karroubi
Succeeded byMehdi Karroubi
Minister of the Interior
In office
15 December 1981 – 28 October 1985
PresidentAli Khamenei
Prime MinisterMir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded byKamaleddin Nikravesh
Succeeded byAli Akbar Mohtashamipur
Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly
In office
28 May 1980 – 15 December 1981
ConstituencyTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority1,201,933 (56.3%)
In office
21 September 1986 – 27 May 2000
ConstituencyTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Personal details
Born (1944-10-06) 6 October 1944 (age 80)[citation needed]
Noor, Mazandaran, Iran
Political partyCombatant Clergy Association (Inactive since 2009)[1]
Other political
affiliations
Alma materUniversity of Tehran

Ali Akbar Nategh-Nuri (Persian: علی‌اکبر ناطق نوری, romanized: ʿAlī Akbar Nāṭiq Nūrī; born 6 October 1944[citation needed]) is an Iranian politician, who served as the 3rd Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran from 1992 to 2000. He was also the Minister of the Interior of Iran from 1981 to 1985.

Early life

Nuri was the son of Abul Qasim Natiq Nuri. He came to Tehran at the age of 10 with met Ruhollah Khomeini in 1961 and joined the ranks of the opponents of the government of that time. He went to prison several times and was banned from the pulpit. Nuri has a seminary education up to the level of jurisprudence and principles. He also received a bachelor's degree in theology from Tehran University. Among his professors, we can mention Ruhollah Khomeini, Morteza Motahari, Ahmad Mojtahedi Tehrani and Mohammad Taghi Falsafi.

Career

Nuri was the interior minister of the Islamic Republic.[3] He served as the Chairman of the Parliament from 1992 to 2000. He was a candidate in the 1997 Iranian presidential election.[4][5] He was Khamanei's preferred candidate, but he lost the election to Muhammad Khatami.[6] He was given nearly seven million votes, whereas Khatami twenty million votes.[7] He served as an advisor to Iran's supreme leader until his resignation in 2017.[8] He has been a supporter of President Hassan Rouhani and a critic of former Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He officially visited Egypt in 2010. He was the first person to travel to Europe at the level of the heads of the three branches of the Islamic Republic of Iran.[8]

Remarks

Nuri 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 Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf condemned the remarks.[9] The Iranian foreign minister immediately commented on the controversy and stated that Nuri's remarks about the history of Bahrain had been misinterpreted by the media and that Iran respected Bahrain's sovereignty.[9][10] Nuri himself told Al Jazeera 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.[11]

References

  1. ^ Mohammadighalehtaki, Ariabarzan (2012). Organisational Change in Political Parties in Iran after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. With Special Reference to the Islamic Republic Party (IRP) and the Islamic Iran Participation Front Party (Mosharekat) (PhD thesis). Durham University. pp. 175–177.
  2. ^ "تاکید ناطق‌نوری بر رشد و تقویت احزاب در کشور", Iranian Students' News Agency (in Persian), 19 July 2017, 96042816733, retrieved 19 July 2017, حزب مؤتلفه بیش از ۵۰ سال سابقه دارد و حتی بنده به همراه اخوی شهیدم در این حزب فعالیت داشتیم
  3. ^ Fred R. Dallmayr (1999). Border Crossing: Toward a Comparative Political Theory. Lexington Books. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-7391-0043-1.
  4. ^ "Iran Elections: An Overview". CNN. 1997. Archived from the original on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  5. ^ Clip Transcript
  6. ^ Ali Gheissari; Vali Nasr (2006). Democracy in Iran (PDF). New York City: OUP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  7. ^ "Iran's President Khatami likely to lose one Cabinet nominee". Hürriyet Daily News. 19 August 1997. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  8. ^ a b "Iran-Egypt Relations Enters a New Phase". IRD. 18 August 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  9. ^ a b Ali Khan, Ghazanfar (23 February 2009). "GCC warns Iran against making hostile remarks". Arab News. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  10. ^ "Iran-Bahrain relations" (in Persian). BBC Persian. 5 April 2009. Archived from the original on 7 April 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  11. ^ ناطق نوري: سخنانم درباره بحرين بدفهميده شده است Islamic Republic News Agency (in Arabic) Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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Government offices
Preceded by Minister of Interior of Iran
1981–1985 		Succeeded by
Assembly seats
Preceded by Speaker of the Parliament of Iran
1992–2000 		Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Most voted MP for Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
1996 		Succeeded by


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