Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar


Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar
AllegianceIran
Service / branchRevolutionary Committee
Revolutionary Guards
Years of service1979–2005[1]
RankBrigadier general
Battles / wars
Minister of Interior
In office
3 September 2009 – 15 August 2013
PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded bySadegh Mahsouli
Succeeded byAbdolreza Rahmani
Minister of Defense
In office
24 August 2005 – 3 September 2009
PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded byAli Shamkhani
Succeeded byAhmad Vahidi
Personal details
Born (1956-12-02) 2 December 1956 (age 67)[citation needed]
Tehran, Iran

Mostafa Mohammad Najjar (Persian: مصطفى محمدنجّار, born 2 December[citation needed] 1956) is an Iranian politician and retired IRGC general. He was interior minister of Iran from 2009 to 2013[3] and minister of defense in the first cabinet of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from 2005 to 2009.[4] He is also a veteran of the IRGC.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference payvand7sep was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Iran Report", Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, vol. 8, no. 32, 15 August 2005, retrieved 22 February 2013
  3. ^ "Iran urges Pakistan to hand over rebel group leader". Reuters. 23 October 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Iran unveils long-range missile". The Guardian. 27 November 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
  5. ^ Haeri, Safa (5 August 2005). "Iran's new president presents and "undiscovered island"". Iran Press Service. Paris-Tehran. Archived from the original on 19 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2013.