Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi (Persian: مصطفی پورمحمدی; born 9 March 1960[1][2]) is an Iranian politician and prosecutor, who has served at different positions and cabinet posts.
[6] He also served as member and head of the board of trustees of Center for Islamic Revolution Documents.
[17] He was dismissed allegedly for informing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei about the electoral irregularities without the consent of Ahmedinejad.
[19] He announced his candidacy for the 2013 presidential election in March 2013, but withdrew in favor of Manouchehr Mottaki.
During his tenure as deputy intelligence minister, Pourmohammadi was reportedly implicated in the 1988 Massacre of Iranian Prisoners,[3] based on the orders of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and other key politicians.
[21] In 2016, Mohammadi said: "We are proud to have carried out God’s commandment concerning the People's Mujahedin of Iran… I am at peace and have not lost any sleep all these years because I acted in accordance with law and Islam".
These organizations requested the withdrawal of his nomination for the post of Minister due to his controversial past.
[23] During the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, there were unconfirmed reports about he having been taken to hospital for coronavirus symptoms, and later testing positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.