Saeed Mortazavi
Iranian conservative politician, former judge and former prosecutor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saeed Mortazavi (Persian: سعید مرتضوی, born 26 November 1967[1]) is an Iranian conservative politician, former judge and former prosecutor. He was the prosecutor of the Islamic Revolutionary Court, and Prosecutor General of Tehran, a position he held from 2003 to 2009.[2] He has been called as "butcher of the press" and a "torturer of Tehran" by some observers.[3] Mortazavi has been accused of the torture and death in custody of Iranian-Canadian photographer Zahra Kazemi by the Canadian government[3] and was named by 2010 Iranian parliamentary report as the man responsible for the abuse of dozens and death of three political prisoners at Kahrizak detention center in 2009.[4] He was put on trial in February 2013 after a parliamentary committee blamed him for the torture and deaths of at least three detainees who participated in the protests against President Mahmud Ahmadinejad's reelection.[5] On 15 November 2014, he was banned from all political and legal positions for life.
Saeed Mortazavi | |
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Head of Social Security Organization | |
In office 18 March 2012 – 18 August 2013 | |
President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
Preceded by | Rahmatollah Hafezi |
Succeeded by | Mohammad-Taghi Nourbakhsh |
Head of the Central Headquarters for Combating Goods and Currency Smuggling | |
In office 16 December 2009 – 14 July 2012 | |
President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
Preceded by | Gholam-Hossein Elham |
Succeeded by | Fada Hossein Maleki |
Deputy to Prosecutor-General of Iran | |
In office 29 August 2009 – August 2010 | |
Appointed by | Sadeq Larijani |
Prosecutor-General of Tehran | |
In office 18 May 2003 – 29 August 2009 | |
Appointed by | Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi |
Head of the Islamic Revolutionary Court Branch 1410, Press Special Court | |
In office late 1990s – early 2000s | |
Appointed by | Mohammad Yazdi |
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Born | (1967-11-26) 26 November 1967 (age 56) Taft, Yazd, Iran |
Spouse | Homa Fallah-Tafti |
Alma mater | University of Judicial Sciences and Administrative Services |
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