Introduction

Established in 1906, the Minister of Justice is responsible for

prosecuting A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in states with either the common law adversarial system or the civil law inquisitorial system. The prosecution is the legal party responsible for presenting the case in a criminal tr ...

government cases. In other words, the justice minister is the

attorney-general In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general or attorney-general (sometimes abbreviated AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. The plural is attorneys general. In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have exec ...

of the country. However, he has nothing to do with

policing The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and t ...

which is the responsibility of the Interior Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The ministry's headquarters was opened in 1938 and reflects pure European architectural style.

List of ministers

The ministers have included the following: * Nizam el Mulk (1906) *

Ahmad Moshir al-Saltaneh Ahmad Moshir al-Saltaneh ( fa, احمد مشیرالسلطنه ‎;July 6, 1844 in Amol– April 20, 1918 in Tehran), also known Moshir al-Saltaneh and Mirza Ahmad Khan Moshir al-Saltaneh was a Prime Minister of Qajar era Iran. He served as Prime ...

(1906-1907) ''1st official Minister of Justice*Abdolhusein Mirza Farmanfarma (1907) * Mohammad Ali Khan Ala al-Saltaneh (1907) *Seyyed Mahmood Khan 'Ala ul-Molk (1907) *Mirza Hasan Khan Pirnia (Moshir ul-Dowleh) (1907) *Nezam ul-Molk (1907) *

Mehdi Qoli Hedayat Mehdi Qoli Khan Hedayat ( fa, مهدی قلی هدایت), also known as Mokhber-ol Saltaneh (1863 – September 21, 1955), was Prime Minister of Iran and an author of several books on Iranian music, modern education, poetry, current affairs, an ...

(1907) *Mohtasham ul-Saltaneh (1907) *Mokhber ul-Molk (1907) *Mehdi Qoli Khan Mokhber ul-Saltaneh (1907-1908) *Mokhber ul-Saltaneh (1908) *Mo'ayed ul-Saltaneh (1908) *Mohtashem ul-Saltaneh (1908-1909) *

Ahmad Qavam Ahmad Qavam (2 January 1873 – 23 July 1955; fa, احمد قوام), also known as Qavam os-Saltaneh ( fa, قوام السلطنه), was a politician who served as Prime Minister of Iran five times. Early life Qavam was born in 1873 to a p ...

(1909-1910) *Vosooq ul-Dowleh (1910) *Mirza Hassan Khan Esfandiary (1910-1911) *Mohammed- 'Ali Khan Zoka' al-Molk (1911-1912) *

Esmail Momtaz od-Dowleh Esmail Momtaz od-Dowleh ( fa, اسماعیل ممتازالدوله) was a notable Iranian statesman of the early twentieth century. Born in Tabriz in 1880, he was one of the original Parliamentarians of the First Majles in 1906. He was also its ...

(1912) *

Mohammad Ali Foroughi Mohammad Ali Foroughi ( fa, محمدعلی فروغی; early August 1877 – 26 or 27 November 1942), also known as Zoka-ol-Molk ( Persian: ذُکاءُالمُلک), was a writer, diplomat and politician who served three terms as Prime Mini ...

(1913-1914) *Mohammed- 'Ali Khan Zoka' al-Molk (1914-1915) *Fat'hollah Khan Sardar Mansur (1915) * Mohammed Ali Khan 'Ala' ul-Saltaneh (1915-1916) * Mahmood Khan 'Ala' ul-Molk (1916) * Seyyed Hasan Modarres (1916) * Firouz Nosrat-ed-Dowleh III (1916-1917) *

(1917) * Nasr ul-Molk (1917) * Mokhber ul-Saltaneh (1917-1918) * Nasr ul-Molk (1918) * Firouz Nosrat-ed-Dowleh III (1918-1920) * Mossadegh-ol-Saltaneh (1920) * Soleiman Khan (1920-1921) * Salar Lashkar (1921) *

Mostafa Adl Mostafa Adl ( fa, مصطفی عدل, also known as Manṣur-al-Salṭana (); 1882 – 12 July 1950) was an Iranian politician, diplomat, jurist, former Ambassador of Iran to Switzerland (1935–39) and president of University of Tehran (1941–42). ...

(1921) * Ebrahim 'Amid (1921-1922) *

Abdolhossein Teymourtash Abdolhossein Teymourtash ( fa, عبدالحسین تیمورتاش; 25 September 1883 – 3 October 1933) was an influential Iranian statesman who served as the first minister of court of the Pahlavi dynasty from 1925 to 1932, and is credited ...

(1922) * Moshar ul-Saltaneh (1922) * Sardar Mo'azzam Khorasani (1922) * Moshar ul-Saltaneh (1922-1923) * Momtaz ul-Molk (1923) * 'Amid ul-Saltaneh (1923) * Ebrahim Khan Hakim ul-Molk (1923) * Mo'azed ul-Saltaneh (1923-1925) * Firouz Nosrat-ed-Dowleh III (1925) * 'Emad ul-Saltaneh Fatemi (1925-1926) *Mohsen Sadr (1926) * Mostafa Adl (1926-1927) *

Vossug ed Dowleh Hassan Vossug ed Dowleh ( fa, حسن وثوق‌الدوله; 1 April 1868 – 3 February 1951) was twice Prime Minister of Iran. He was the older brother of Ahmad Qavam, who also served as Prime Minister. Life Hassan Vossug was born to one of ...

(1926-1927) *

Ali-Akbar Davar Ali-Akbar Dāvar ( fa, علی‌اکبر داور also known as Mirza Ali-Akbar Khan-e Dāvar, 1885 – 9 February 1937) was an Iranian politician and judge and the founder of the modern judicial system of Iran. Biography Born in 1885

(1926-1927) *

Ahmad Matin-Daftari Ahmad Matin-Daftari, also known as ''Mo'in al-Dowleh'', ( fa, احمد متین دفتری; 23 January 1897 – 26 June 1971) was an Iranian politician. He served as the former Prime Minister of Pahlavi Iran from 1939 until 1940. Biography Ahmad ...

(1927-1933) *

Mohsen Sadr Mohsen Sadr ( fa, محسن صدر; also known by his title: Sadr ol-Ashraf I (1871 – 19 October 1962) was a Prime Minister of Iran. He was born in Mahallat in Markazi in 1871 as the son of Seyyed Hossein 'Fakhr ol-Zakerin', a wealthy cler ...

(1933-1935) *

(1935-1940) * Majid Ahi (1940-1941) * Mohammed Soruri (1940-1941) * 'Ali Hey'at (1940-1941) * Majid Ahi (1941-1942) * Abbas Qoli Golshaian (1941-1942) * Majid Ahi (1942) *

(1942) * 'Ali Asghar Hekmat (1942) * Asadullah Mameqani (1942-1943) *

(1942-1943) *

Allah-Yar Saleh Allah-Yar Saleh ( fa, اللهیار صالح, born Saleh Arani; 1897–1981) was an Iranian politician and diplomat who was Iranian Ambassador to the United States during Mohammad Mosaddegh Mohammad Mosaddegh ( fa, محمد مصدق, ; 16 June ...

(1943-1944) * Mostafa Adl (1944-1945) *

(1945) * Amanollah Ardalan (1945) * Hasan'ali Kamal Hedayar (1945) *

(1946) *Ali Akbar Musavi Zadeh (1946-1947) *Mohammed Soruri (1947-1948) *Nezam ul-Saltaneh (1948) *Abbas Qoli Golshaian (1948) *Sajjadi (1948-1950) *Mohammed 'Ali Buzari (1950-1951) *Jamal Akhavi (1951) *Ali Heyat (1951) *

Shamseddin Amir-Alaei Shamseddin Amir-Alaei (1900–August 1994) was an Iranian politician who served as both interior minister and justice minister in the first cabinet of Mohammad Mosaddegh. He also held other government and diplomatic posts. Early life and educat ...

(1951-1952) *

Abdolali Lotfi Abdolali Lotfi, also known as ''Sheikh Abdolali Khan'', (23 January 1880–15 September 1956) was an Iranian politician and judge. He was the minister of justice in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. Lotfi also served as th ...

(1952-1953) *Jamal Akhavi (1953-1955) *Fakhr ul-Din Shadman (1953-1955) *Abbas Quli Golshaian (1955-1957) *

Ali Amini Ali Amini ( fa, علی امینی; 12 September 1905–12 December 1992) was an Iranian politician who was the Prime Minister of Iran from 1961 to 1962. He held several cabinet portfolios during the 1950s, and served as a member of parliamen ...

(1955-1957) *Mohammad Ali Hedayati (1957-1961) *Mohammad 'Ali Momtaz (1961) *

Husein Najafi Hussein, Hussain, Hossein, Hossain, Huseyn, Husayn, Husein or Husain (; ar, حُسَيْن ), coming from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-i-N ( ar, ح س ی ن, link=no), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning "good", " ...

(1961) *

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(1961-1962) *Mohammad Baheri (1962-1964) * Gholamhusein Khoshbin (1962-1964) * Baqer Amali (1964-1966) *

Javad Sadr Javad Sadr ( fa, جواد صدر; 1912–1990) was an Iranian diplomat and politician who held various public and cabinet posts. He was one of the Iranian ambassadors to Japan. He was the minister of interior and minister of justice in the 1960s ...

(1967-1968) *Manuchehr Parto (1968-1970) *Sadeq Ahmadi (1972-1976) *Mundhir al-Shawi (1976) *Qolam Reza Kianpur (1977-1978) * Mohammed Baheri (1978) * Husein Najafi (1978-1979) * Yahya Sadeq Vaziri (1979) *

Asadollah Mobasheri Asadollah Mobasheri or Assadollah Mobashery ( fa, اسدالله مباشری‎; 1909–1990) was an Iranian judge, politician, journalist, poet, and translator of Goethe, Henry Corbin, and Karl Jaspers from French into Persian. He was for a ...

(1979) *

Ahmad Sayyed Javadi Ahmad Sayyed Javadi ( fa, احمد صدر حاج‌سیدجوادی; 24 June 1917 – 31 March 2013) was an Iranian lawyer, political activist and politician, who served as interior minister and justice minister. He was the first interior min ...

(1979) *''Judicial Council under observation of

Mohammad Beheshti Mohammad Hosseini Beheshti ( fa, سیّد محمد حسینی بهشتی; 24 October 1928 – 28 June 1981) was an Iranian jurist, philosopher, cleric and politician who was known as the second person in the political hierarchy of Iran after t ...

'' (1979-1980) * Ebrahim Ahadi (1980-1981) * Mohammad Asghari (1981-1984) *

Hassan Habibi Hassan Ebrahim Habibi ( fa, حسن حبیبی; 29 January 1937 – 31 January 2013) was an Iranian politician, lawyer, scholar and the first first vice president from 1989 until 2001 under Presidents Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mohammad Khatam ...

(1984-1989) *

Esmail Shooshtari Mohammad Esmail Shooshtari (born 1949 in Quchan, Razavi Khorasan province) is a former Iranian politician, and was the Minister of Justice of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 1989 to 2005. He is a former member of the Islamic Consultative Ass ...

(1989-2005) * Jamal Karimi-Rad (2005-2006) *

Gholam-Hossein Elham Gholam-Hossein Elham ( fa, غلامحسین الهام, born 1959) is an Iranian conservative and principlist politician who held several posts during the term of the former President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad. Early life Elham was born in western Ir ...

(2006-2009) *

Morteza Bakhtiari Morteza Bakhtiari (born 1952) is an Iranian politician who served as Minister of Justice from 2009 to 2013. Early life Bakhtiari was born in Mashhad in 1952. Career Bakhtiari served as the director of the state prisons organization of Iran ...

(2009-2013) *

Mostafa Pourmohammadi Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi ( fa, مصطفی پورمحمدی; born 9 March 1960, Qom) is an Iranian politician and prosecutor, who has served at different positions and cabinet posts. He was minister of interior from 2005 to 2008 and minister of jus ...

(2013-2017) * Alireza Avayi (2017–2021) * Amin Hossein Rahimi (2021–present)

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* {{authority control 1906 establishments in Iran

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Ministries established in 1906 Ministers of Justice of Iran

Introduction

List of ministers

See also

References

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