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Iranian Interior Minister 18 October 2006 Iranian Interior Minister (MP3) Iranian Interior Minister (Real Player) - Download Listen to Iranian Interior Minister (Real Player) The Iranian government sent interior minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi as its representative to a meeting of the Tripartite Commission of Iran, Afghanistan, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, Switzerland. Mr. Pour-Mohammadi is notorious for his role in the Iranian clerical regime's abuse of human rights. In a written statement, the U.S. State Department says the decision to send Mr. Pour-Mohammadi "underscores the [President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad government's open embrace of repressive policies and those...

Iran: Top Ministers Implicated in Serious Abuses (New York, December 15, 2005) – Iran’s new Minister of Interior is implicated in grave human rights violations over the past two decades, possibly including crimes against humanity in connection with the massacre of thousands of political prisoners, Human Rights Watch said in a briefing paper released today. Human Rights Watch also said that the new Minister of Information should be investigated for his possible involvement in a dissident’s killing. The briefing paper, Ministers of Murder: Iran’s New Security Cabinet, details credible allegations that Minister of Interior Mustafa Pour-Mohammadi and Minister of Information...