# Ministry of Interior (Iran)

The Ministry of Interior (Persian: وزارت کشور, Vezârat-e Keshvar) 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

* National Migration Organization

## Ministers of Interior since 1979

| No. | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Head of government |
| 1 | Ahmad Sayyed Javadi | 13 February 1979 | 20 June 1979 | Freedom Movement of Iran | Mehdi Bazargan |
| 2 | Hashem Sabbaghian | 20 June 1979 | 6 November 1979 | Freedom Movement of Iran | Mehdi Bazargan |
| 3 | Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani | 10 September 1980 | 3 September 1981 | Combatant Clergy Association | Mohammad-Ali Rajai |
| 3 | Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani | 10 September 1980 | 3 September 1981 | Combatant Clergy Association | Mohammad-Javad Bahonar |
| 4 | Kamaleddin Nikravesh | 3 September 1981 | 15 December 1981 | Islamic Coalition Party | Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
| 5 | Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri | 15 December 1981 | 28 October 1985 | Combatant Clergy Association | Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
| 6 | Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur | 28 October 1985 | 29 August 1989 | Association of Combatant Clerics | Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
| 7 | Abdollah Nouri | 29 August 1989 | 16 August 1993 | Association of Combatant Clerics | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
| 8 | Ali Mohammad Besharati | 16 August 1993 | 20 August 1997 | Independent | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
| (7) | Abdollah Nouri | 20 August 1997 | 21 June 1998 | Association of Combatant Clerics | Mohammad Khatami |
| 9 | Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari | 22 July 1998 | 24 August 2005 | Association of Combatant Clerics | Mohammad Khatami |
| 10 | Mostafa Pourmohammadi | 24 August 2005 | 15 May 2008 | Combatant Clergy Association | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| 11 | Ali Kordan | 5 August 2008 | 4 November 2008 | Independent | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| 12 | Sadegh Mahsouli | 24 December 2008 | 3 September 2009 | Independent | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| 13 | Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar | 3 September 2009 | 15 August 2013 | Independent | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| 14 | Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli | 15 August 2013 | 25 August 2021 | Independent | Hassan Rouhani |
| 15 | Ahmad Vahidi | 25 August 2021 | 21 August 2024 | Independent | Ebrahim Raisi |
| 16 | Eskandar Momeni | 21 August 2024 | Incumbent | Independent | Masoud Pezeshkian |