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Sadegh Mahsouli

Iranian politician

Summary

Iranian politician

Field	Value
honorific-prefix	Seyyed
name	Sadegh Mahsooli
native_name
native_name_lang	fa
image	Sadegh Mahsooli 01.jpg
birth_date
birth_place	Urmia, Iran
nationality	Iranian
title	Minister of Welfare and Social Security
term_start	15 November 2009
term_end	3 August 2011
president	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
predecessor	Abdolreza Mesri
successor	Reza Sheykholeslam
(Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare)

title2	Minister of Interior
term_start2	24 December 2008
term_end2	3 September 2009
president2	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
predecessor2	Kamran Daneshjoo (acting)
successor2	Mostafa Mohammad Najjar
alma_mater	Iran University of Science and Technology
party	Front of Islamic Revolution Stability
otherparty	Coalition of the Pleasant Scent of Servitude
allegiance	Iran Iran
branch	Revolutionary Guards
commands	6th Special Division
battles	Iran–Iraq War

|honorific-prefix = Seyyed |honorific-suffix = (Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare)

Sadegh Mahsouli (, born 9 March 1959) is an Iranian politician who was Minister of Interior from 2008 to 2009 and Minister of Welfare and Social Security from 2009 to 2011. He was appointed to this post on 19 November 2009 as part of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's second cabinet after a Parliamentary vote. From 24 March 2008 to 9 August 2009, he was Minister of Interior of Ahmadinejad's first cabinet. He was succeeded Ali Kordan who was impeached by Parliament in November 2008.

Mahsouli withdrew his nomination once when the president nominated him for the position of oil minister in 2005 after admitting to Iranian parliament that he was worth $160 million.

In 2011, it was announced that the Ministry of Welfare would be merged with the Ministry of Labour, and Mahsouli would be left cabinet after it.

Mahsouli was in charge of the Ministry of Interior when the alleged vote rigging happened in Iran's presidential election in June 2009.

June 13 Letter

On June 18, a letter was presented by Iranian filmmakers Marjane Satrapi (director of the critically Acclaimed Film Persepolis) and has since been widely circulated with Mousavi Supporters. No verification of the letter has been provided. Interior Minister Sadegh Mahsouli allegedly wrote the letter to Ayatollah Khamenei on June 13 (a day after the elections), stating the fraud and listing the authentic vote count. A quick view of the letter shows that it was fake. The letter was roughly translated as follows;

"Salaam Aleikum.

Following your concerns regarding the results of the presidential election and per your discretion to have Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad remain president during this sensitive juncture. Therefore, everything has been planned so that the public announcement will be made in the regime's interests and the revolution. All necessary precautions have been taken to deal with any unexpected events of election aftermath and the intense monitoring of all the parties' leaders and the election candidates.

However, some believe that the real votes counted are as follows:

Total number of votes: 43,026,078

Mir Hossein Mousavi: 19,075,623

Mehdi Karoubi: 13,387,104

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: 5,698,417

Mohsen Rezaee: 3,754,218

Void: 38,716

Minister of Interior

Sadegh Mahsouli"

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(18 June 2009). "Does Letter Prove Iran Election Fraud?".
(18 June 2009). "Claim: Letter Proves Vote Fraud in Iran - Latest News Briefs - Arutz Sheva".
"WORLD - Secret letter proves Mousavi victory, says report".
(2009-06-30). "Iran's Guardian Council Affirms Vote Result". The Washington Post.
"Decent translation of interior minister's letter to supreme leader".

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