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Ministry of Interior

وزارت کشور
Flag of the Ministry of Interior
Agency overview
Formed	1901
Jurisdiction	Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Headquarters	Toopkhaneh, Tehran
Employees	31,188 (2019)
Minister responsible	Ahmad Vahidi
Website	Official Website: http://moi.ir/

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.

The former minister, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli (right), and his predecessor, Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar

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

• Bureau for Aliens and Foreign Immigration Affairs

Ministers of Interior since 1979 until 2024

No.	Portrait	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
3		Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani	10 September 1980	3 September 1981	Combatant Clergy Association	Mohammad-Ali Rajai
						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
6		Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur	28 October 1985	29 August 1989	Association of Combatant Clerics
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
(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
10		Mostafa Pourmohammadi	24 August 2005	15 May 2008	Combatant Clergy Association	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
11		Ali Kordan	5 August 2008	4 November 2008	Independent
12		Sadegh Mahsouli	24 December 2008	3 September 2009	Independent
13		Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar	3 September 2009	15 August 2013	Independent
14		Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli	15 August 2013	25 August 2021	Independent	Hassan Rouhani
15		Ahmad Vahidi	25 August 2021	19 May 2024	Independent	Ebrahim Raisi

See also

• Ministry of Intelligence (Iran)
• Ministry of Justice (Iran)