Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi ( fa, قربانعلی دری نجف‌آبادی; born 3 December 1950) is an Iranian

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and

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. He is currently a member of the

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and also a member of the

Expediency Discernment Council The Expediency Discernment Council of the System ( fa, مجمع تشخیص مصلحت نظام ''Majma'-e Taškhīs-e Maslahat-e Nezām'') is an administrative assembly appointed by the Supreme Leader and was created upon the revision to the Co ...

. He was previously the Minister of Intelligence of

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Dorri-Najafabadi was the minister of intelligence in the cabinet of then president

Mohammad Khatami Sayyid Mohammad Khatami ( fa, سید محمد خاتمی, ; born 14 October 1943) is an Iranian politician who served as the fifth president of Iran from 3 August 1997 to 3 August 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture from 1982 to ...

. During his term of ministership, some journalists and reformist politicians were murdered by security agents, for which the Iranian government later charged his deputy,

Saeed Emami Saeed Emami ( fa, سعید امامی; né Saeed Eslami; (1958–1999) was the Iranian deputy minister of intelligence under Ali Fallahian, and adviser to the Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi. He was appointed as deputy minister in security affairs an ...

, with orchestrating, claiming he had organized them independently. Dorri-Najafabadi resigned and was succeeded by

Ali Younessi Ali Younesi (born 26 August 1955) is an Iranian politician, who served in different positions. Education Younesi is a graduate of the Haqqani school in Qom. Career Following the Islamic Revolution, Younesi became the head of the Islamic Rev ...

. The events were later named the " Chained Murders" by the reformist cabinet of

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. After Mohammad Ismaeil Shooshtari, in 2005, he was the

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of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was succeeded by Jamal Karimi-Rad in the post. In 2008, he said that toys such as the

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are "destructive culturally and social danger."

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1950 births Living people People from Ray, Iran Iranian ayatollahs Members of the Expediency Discernment Council Members of the Assembly of Experts Representatives of the Supreme Leader in the Provinces of Iran Ministers of Intelligence of Iran Central Council of the Islamic Republican Party members Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom members Ayatollahs {{Iran-politician-stub

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