Ministry of Interior (Iran)

Ministry of Interior

وزارت کشور (Persian) Vezârat-e Keshvar
Flag of the Ministry of Interior
Agency overview
Formed	1901
Jurisdiction	Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Headquarters	Toopkhaneh, Tehran 35°43′10.06″N51°24′11.48″E / 35.7194611°N 51.4031889°E / 35.7194611; 51.4031889
Employees	31,188 (2019) [1]
Minister responsible	Eskandar Momeni
Child agency	National Migration Organization
Website	Official Website

The Ministry of Interior ^[a] of the Islamic Republic of Iran is in charge of performing, supervising and reporting elections, policing, and other responsibilities related to an interior ministry.

The former minister, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli (right), and his predecessor, Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar

Duties

• To provide and protect domestic security and establishment of peace and order across the country and coordination between intelligence, disciplinary, and military organs and protecting borders
• To manage police affairs
• To make an effort to achieve and develop political and social freedoms according to the constitution and other laws of the country and providing sustainable political and social development and promotion of public participation
• To protect and preserve the achievements of I.R. of Iran through public participations
• To provide conditions of appropriate practice of political and nongovernmental parties and formations and supervision on their activities
• To guide, lead and support of Islamic councils and supervision on their activities
• To establish desirable discipline in national divisions
• To coordinate and lead province governor generals to fulfill general policies and governmental plans
• To make policy, lead and supervise on affairs related to foreign nationals and emigrants
• To implement general policies of the government in order to make progress in social , economical and developmental plans
• To plan for elections affairs
• To coordinate for development of rural and urban development affairs and technical- executive guidance and support of municipalities and rural districts managers and supervision on execution of rules and regulations thereto
• To plan and manage to overcome crises resulted from natural disasters and unforeseen accidents
• To identify Iranian identities
• To supervise and manage affairs of regions across the country by governor generals, governors, governors of districts and rural district managers ^[2]

Subsidiaries

• National Migration Organization

Ministers of Interior since 1979

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Party		Head of government
1		Ahmad Sayyed Javadi	13 February 1979	20 June 1979		Freedom Movement of Iran	Mehdi Bazargan
2		Hashem Sabbaghian	20 June 1979	6 November 1979		Freedom Movement of Iran
3		Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani	10 September 1980	3 September 1981		Combatant Clergy Association	Mohammad-Ali Rajai
							Mohammad-Javad Bahonar
4		Kamaleddin Nikravesh	3 September 1981	15 December 1981		Islamic Coalition Party	Mir-Hossein Mousavi
5		Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri	15 December 1981	28 October 1985		Combatant Clergy Association
6		Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur	28 October 1985	29 August 1989		Association of Combatant Clerics
7		Abdollah Nouri	29 August 1989	16 August 1993		Association of Combatant Clerics	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
8		Ali Mohammad Besharati	16 August 1993	20 August 1997		Independent
(7)		Abdollah Nouri	20 August 1997	21 June 1998		Association of Combatant Clerics	Mohammad Khatami
9		Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari	22 July 1998	24 August 2005		Association of Combatant Clerics
10		Mostafa Pourmohammadi	24 August 2005	15 May 2008		Combatant Clergy Association	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
11		Ali Kordan	5 August 2008	4 November 2008		Independent
12		Sadegh Mahsouli	24 December 2008	3 September 2009		Independent
13		Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar	3 September 2009	15 August 2013		Independent
14		Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli	15 August 2013	25 August 2021		Independent	Hassan Rouhani
15		Ahmad Vahidi	25 August 2021	21 August 2024		Independent	Ebrahim Raisi
16		Eskandar Momeni	21 August 2024	Incumbent		Independent	Masoud Pezeshkian

See also

• Iran portal
• Politics portal

• Ministry of Intelligence (Iran)
• Ministry of Justice (Iran)

Notes

1. Persian: وزارت کشور, romanized: Vezârat-e Keshvar, pronounced [vezɒːˈɹætʰekʰeʃˈvæɹ]

References

1. جزییات تعداد کارمندان دولت در سال ۹۷ Tasnim News
2. "Ministry of Interior of Iran portal". Ministry of Interior of Iran. Retrieved 17 November 2016.

External links

• Official website