Morteza Bakhtiari (born 1952) is an Iranian politician who served as

Minister of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a v ...

from 2009 to 2013.

Early life

Bakhtiari was born in

Mashhad Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. It serves as the capital of R ...

in 1952.

Career

Bakhtiari served as the director of the state prisons organization of Iran from 4 March 1999 to June 2004. He was named as the head of the justice department of the Khorasan Province in Mashhad in June 2004, replacing Ali Akbar Yasaqi. Then he began to serve as the governor of

Isfahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...

in October 2005. He was approved by the Majlis as justice minister to the cabinet led by president

Mahmoud Ahmedinejad Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ( fa, محمود احمدی‌نژاد, Mahmūd Ahmadīnežād ), born Mahmoud Sabbaghian ( fa, محمود صباغیان, Mahmoud Sabbāghyān, 28 October 1956),

on 3 September 2009 and replaced

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 ...

as justice minister. Bakhtiari won 225 votes in favor and 36 votes against. 23 members of the Majlis did not attend the session. Bakhtiari was one of seven members of the committee that was tasked with carrying out the presidential elections held in June 2013. His term as justice minister ended on 15 August 2013 and he was replaced by

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 ...

Sanctions

The European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...

put sanctions on Bakhtiari and other two ministers in the form of a visa ban and asset freeze in October 2011 due to alleged human rights abuses. The Treasury of the United Kingdom also put him among asset freeze targets in October 2011 due to the same reason.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bakhtiari, Morteza 21st-century Iranian politicians 1952 births Governors of Isfahan Iranian wardens Living people Ministers of Justice of Iran People from Mashhad