Ali Fallahian
| Ali Fallahian | |
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| Minister of Intelligence | |
| In office 1 August 1989 – 19 August 1997 |
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| President | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Reyshahri |
| Succeeded by | Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1945 Isfahan, Iran |
| Alma mater | Haqqani School |
| Religion | Twelver Shia Islam |
Hojatoleslam Ali Fallahian, (Persian: علی فلاحیان, born 1945 in Najafabad, Isfahan, Iran) is an Iranian politician and cleric. He has served as a member of the 3rd Assembly of Experts of the IRI and as the Minister of Intelligence of Islamic Republic of Iran in cabinet of President Hashemi Rafsanjani. In 1987, he was appointed by Khomeini as chief prosecutor of the Special Court for the Clergy and led the trial against Mehdi Hashemi.
He is currently on the official Wanted list of Interpol, in connection with the 1994 AMIA bombing that that killed 85 people;[1][2] was the subject of an international arrest warrant issued in 1997 in connection with the murder of three Kurdish Iranian opposition leaders in the Mykonos restaurant assassinations;[3] and has been named by investigative reporter Akbar Ganji as the "master key" of the 1998 "Chain Murders" of four dissident Iranian intellectuals.
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[edit] Terrorism convictions abroad
Fallahian is under an international warrant issued in 1996 by German court because of his role in the Mykonos restaurant assassinations.[4] Sadeq Sharafkandi from Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran and 3 of his colleagues were assassinated September, 1992 in Berlin, by Iranian-Lebanese agents. Fallahian was also the most prominent member of a group of five Iranians and Lebanese for whom international arrest warrants issued in March 2007. They were identified as the principal conspirators in the Bombing of the Jewish community building in Buenos Aires in July 1994, which killed 85 people.
Ali Fallahian is also charged by a Swiss court[5][6][7] with masterminding the assassination of Kazem Rajavi, a brother of Mujahedin-e Khalq leader Massoud Rajavi, near Geneva in broad daylight by several agents on 24 April 1990.[8] An international arrest warrant has been issued against him and as a result, he is unable to leave the country.[9]
[edit] Controversy in Iran
Saeed Emami, a controversial figure in Iran's political and intelligence scene was the deputy of the Minister during Fallahian's time. His previous deputy was Ruhollah Hosseinian.
In December 2000, appearing before an Islamic Revolutionary Court, investigative reporter Akbar Ganji "ending months of guessing and expectations from both the authorities and the public" when he announced the "Master Key" to the chain murders of four dissident Iranian intellectuals was Fallahian.[10]
[edit] References and notes
- ^ Wanted profile on Interpol website
- ^ Interpol press release
- ^ Israel fails to prevent Germany freeing Iranian
- ^ Press Conference by the Press Secretary 15 April 1997 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
- ^ Swiss orders arrest of Iranian ex-minister 9 April 2006
- ^ Issue 41 – Iran War Peace Options News
- ^ People's Daily Online – Switzerland orders arrest of Iranian ex-minister on murder charges
- ^ Xinhua – English
- ^ Khaleej Times Online – Iran ex-minister wanted by Swiss in murder of exiled oppn leader
- ^ GANJI IDENTIFIED FALLAHIAN AS THE "MASTER KEY" IN CHAIN MURDERS
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- FORMER INTELLIGENCE MINISTER ALI FALLAHIAN UNDER HOUSE ARREST
- Condemned by Law: The Assassination of Political Dissidents Abroad
- Murder at Mykonos: The Anatomy of a Political Assassination
- Iran's State of Terror
- Ali Fallahian's profile on Interpol website
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Mohammad Reyshahri |
Minister of Intelligence of Iran 1989–1997 |
Succeeded by Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi |
| Directors of Ministry of Intelligence of Iran |
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(1957–1979) |
