The Ministry of Interior of the Islamic Republic of Iran is in charge of performing, supervising and reporting elections, policing, and other responsibilities related to an interior ministry.
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
Subsidiaries
Ministers of Interior (1925âÂÂ1979)
Reign of Reza Shah
- Hossein Dadgar (December 20, 1925âÂÂMarch 20, 1927)
- Mostowfi ol-Mamalek (March 20, 1927âÂÂFebruary 22, 1921)
- Mahmoud Alamir (February 22, 1921âÂÂFebruary 15, 1923)
- (January 21, 1927âÂÂJune 2, 1927)
- Hossein Sami'i (June 2, 1927âÂÂMarch 20, 1930)
- Ali Mansur (March 20, 1930âÂÂApril 20, 1933)
- (April 20, 1933âÂÂSeptember 17, 1933)
- Mahmoud Djam (September 17, 1933âÂÂSeptember 30, 1937)
- (September 30, 1937âÂÂFebruary 26, 1939)
- Ali-Asghar Hekmat February 26, 1939âÂÂJune 21, 1940)
- Ali Soheili (June 30, 1940âÂÂAugust 27, 1941)
Reign of Mohammad Reza Shah
- Javad Ameri (August 27, 1941âÂÂSeptember 21, 1941)
- Amanullah Jahanbani (September 21, 1941âÂÂDecember 4, 1941)
- Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi (December 4, 1941âÂÂJuly 7, 1942)
- (July 7, 1942âÂÂAugust 9, 1942)
- Bagher Kazemi (August 9, 1942âÂÂAugust 23, 1942)
- Javad Ameri (August 23, 1942âÂÂJanuary 21, 1943)
- (July 11, 1943âÂÂSeptember 5, 1943)
- Hossein Sami'i (January 21, 1943âÂÂFebruary 19, 1943)
- Mohammad Tadayyon (September 5, 1943âÂÂMarch 28, 1944)
- Abdolhossein Hazhir (March 28, 1944âÂÂSeptember 6, 1944)
- (September 6, 1944âÂÂApril 17, 1945)
- Ebrahim Hakimi (April 17, 1945âÂÂJune 6, 1945)
- Mohsen Sadr (June 6, 1945âÂÂOctober 11, 1945)
- (November 4, 1945âÂÂDecember 24, 1945)
- Allah-Yar Saleh (December 24, 1945âÂÂJanuary 20, 1946)
- Ahmad Qavam (January 20, 1946âÂÂJuly 31, 1946)
- (December 16, 1946âÂÂJune 19, 1947)
- (June 19, 1947âÂÂSeptember 22, 1947)
- Ahmad Qavam September 22, 1947âÂÂDecember 25, 1947)
- (December 25, 1947âÂÂMarch 20, 1948)
- Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi (March 20, 1948âÂÂJune 22, 1948)
- (June 22, 1948âÂÂSeptember 22, 1948)
- Manouchehr Eghbal (September 22, 1948âÂÂFebruary 25, 1950)
- Ebrahim Zand (February 25, 1950âÂÂApril 25, 1950)
- (April 25, 1950âÂÂJune 26, 1950)
- Haj Ali Razmara (June 26, 1950âÂÂNovember 20, 1950)
- (November 20, 1950âÂÂFebruary 20, 1951)
- Shamseddin Amir-Alai (August 5, 1951âÂÂNovember 30, 1951)
- Amirteymour Kalali (November 30, 1951âÂÂFebruary 17, 1952)
- Allah-Yar Saleh (February 17, 1952âÂÂApril 16, 1952)
- (April 16, 1952âÂÂJune 22, 1952)
- Gholam Hossein Sadighi (June 22, 1952âÂÂAugust 19, 1953)
- Fazlollah Zahedi (August 19, 1953âÂÂApril 5, 1955)
- Asadollah Alam (April 5, 1955âÂÂMarch 21, 1957)
- (April 4, 1957âÂÂAugust 29, 1958)
- Nader Batmanghelidj (September 10, 1958âÂÂJune 10, 1959)
- Rahmatullah Atabaki (June 10, 1959âÂÂAugust 31, 1960)
- (August 31, 1960âÂÂFebruary 20, 1961)
- Sadegh Amirazizi (February 20, 1961âÂÂFebruary 18, 1963)
- (February 18, 1963â March 4, 1964)
- Javad Sadr (March 4, 1964âÂÂMarch 21, 1966)
- Abdolreza Ansari (March 21, 1966âÂÂMarch 21, 1967)
- Ataollah Khosravani (March 21, 1967âÂÂNovember 1, 1967)
- (November 1, 1967âÂÂMarch 21, 1971)
- (March 21, 1971âÂÂApril 28, 1974)
- Jamshid Amouzegar (March 1, 1974âÂÂAugust 7, 1977)
- Asadollah Nasr Esfahani (August 7, 1977âÂÂAugust 28, 1978)
- Abbas Gharabaghi (August 28, 1978âÂÂJanuary 6, 1979)
- Shapour Bakhtiar (January 6, 1979âÂÂFebruary 11, 1979)
Ministers of Interior since 1979
See also
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