Sadegh Mahsouli ( fa, صادق محصولی, born 9 March 1959) is an Iranian politician who was

Minister of Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

from 2008 to 2009 and Minister of Welfare and Social Security from 2009 to 2011. He was appointed to this post on 19 November 2009, as part of President

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

's second cabinet after a

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vote. From 24 March 2008 to 9 August 2009, he was

of Ahmadinejad's first

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. He was succeeded

Ali Kordan Ali Kordan (23 October 1958 – 22 November 2009) was an Iranian conservative politician who served in the Revolutionary Guards, the judiciary and as deputy oil minister, before becoming interior minister of Iran in 2008 for just 90 days. He was ...

who was impeached by Parliament in November 2008. Mahsouli withdrew his nomination once when the president nominated him for the position of oil minister in 2005 after admitted to

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that he was worth $160 million. In 2011, it was announced that Ministry of Welfare will be merged with Ministry of Labour and Mahsouli will be left cabinet after it. Mahsouli was in charge of the Ministry of Interior when the alleged vote rigging happened in Iran's presidential election in June 2009.

June 13 Letter

On June 18, a letter was presented by Iranian filmmakers

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(director of the critically Acclaimed Film

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) and has since been widely circulated with Mousavi Supporters. No verification of the letter has been provided. The letter was allegedly written by Interior Minister Sadegh Mahsouli to

Ayatollah Khamenei Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei ( fa, سید علی حسینی خامنه‌ای, ; born 19 April 1939) is a Twelver Shia ''marja and the second and current Supreme Leader of Iran, in office since 1989. He was previously the third presiden ...

on June 13 (a day after the elections), states the fraud and lists the authentic vote count. A quick view of the letter shows that it was fake. The letter was roughly translated as follows; "''Salaam Aleikum.'' ''Following your concerns regarding the results of the presidential election and per your given discretion to have Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad remains as president during this sensitive juncture. Therefore, everything has been planned in a way that the public announcement will be made in accordance with the interests of the regime and the revolution. All necessary precautions have been taken to deal with any unexpected events of election aftermath and the intense monitoring of all the parties' leaders as well as the election candidates.'' ''However, some believe that the real votes counted are as follows:'' ''Total number of votes: 43,026,078'' ''Mir Hossein Mousavi: 19,075,623'' ''Mehdi Karoubi: 13,387,104'' ''Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: 5,698,417'' ''Mohsen Rezaee: 3,754,218'' ''Void: 38,716'' ''Minister of Interior'' ''Sadegh Mahsouli''"

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