Morteza Moballegh

Morteza Moballegh (Persian: مرتضی مبلغ‎) is an Iranian reformist politician. He served as the political deputy to the Minister of Interior, being appointed on 8 May 2001.[1] In the capacity, he also served as the head of Country's Election Headquarters until 2005.

Morteza Moballegh
NationalityIranian
Political partyUnion of Islamic Iran People Party
Islamic Iran Participation Front

In October 2001, he was charged for "spreading lies and slander" by Iranian Judiciary.[2] In 2003, Moballegh questioned legal validity of the Guardian Council's appointments for liaison officer, cultural director, and election overseer.[3] In January 2004, he threatened to resign following disqualifications of parliamentary candidates, including 83 incumbents by the Guardian Council[4] and said he "will not hold such elections and will propose the Guardian Council hold the election itself".[5]

References
  1. "New Iranian elections chief". BBC. 9 May 2001. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  2. "Iranian minister indicted". Reuters. 21 October 2001. Retrieved 28 March 2017 – via Gulf News.
  3. Iran Report, 6, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 28 July 2003, retrieved 15 May 2017
  4. "Iranian Electoral Official Threatens to Quit". The New York Times. 18 January 2004. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  5. "Khatami claims end of Guardians row in sight". Upstream. 30 January 2004. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
Government offices
Preceded by
Mostafa Tajzadeh		 Vice Minister of Interior for Political Affairs
2001–2005		 Succeeded by
Ali Jannati
Head of Country's Election Headquarters
2001 presidential election
2003 councils elections
2004 parliamentary elections
2005 presidential election		 Succeeded by
Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi


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