{{Short description|Iranian cleric}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Heydar Moslehi | honorific_suffix = | native_name = {{No bold|{{Script/Nastaliq|حیدر مصلحی}}}} | native_name_lang = fa | image = Heydar Moslehi 2019.jpg | caption = Heydar Moslehi in 2019 | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1957}} | birth_place = Shahreza, Iran | order = 7th Minister of Intelligence | term_start = 3 September 2009 | term_end = 15 August 2013 | president = Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | predecessor = Mahmoud Ahmadinejad {{small|(Acting)}}<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Abbas Milani|author-link=Abbas Milani|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/407/inside-the-civil-war-thats-threatening-the-iranian-regime|title=Inside The Civil War That's Threatening The Iranian Regime|date=3 August 2009|access-date=3 June 2016|magazine=New Republic}}</ref> | successor = Mahmoud Alavi | alma_mater = | party = Coalition of the Pleasant Scent of Servitude<ref>[http://alef.ir/vdcdk90x.yt0k96a22y.html?25665 پایان حیات سیاسی جبهه متحد اصولگرایان]</ref> | branch = Revolutionary Committee<br>Revolutionary Guards | unit = Ground Force<br>Basij<br>Air Force | service_years = 1979–2006<ref>{{cite news|title=A Brief Biography of Iran's New Ministers|url=http://www.payvand.com/news/09/sep/1068.html|access-date=22 February 2013|work=Payvand|date=7 September 2009|archive-date=10 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710101858/http://www.payvand.com/news/09/sep/1068.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> }}
'''Heydar Moslehi''' ({{langx|fa|حیدر مصلحی}}; born 1957 in Shahreza) is an Iranian cleric and politician who served as the minister of intelligence from 2009 to 2013.
==Early life and education== Moslehi was born in Shahreza in the Isfahan province, Iran, in 1957.<ref name=payvand7sep>{{cite news|title=A Brief Biography of Iran's New Ministers|url=http://www.payvand.com/news/09/sep/1068.html|access-date=22 February 2013|newspaper=Payvand|date=7 September 2009|archive-date=10 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710101858/http://www.payvand.com/news/09/sep/1068.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was a student of Haghani Circle and received a master's degree in International law after studying abroad for several years.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}
==Career== Before Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected president in 2005, Moslehi served as the representative of Ayatollah Khamenei to the Basij. Then new president Ahmadinejad appointed him as his adviser for clerical affairs.<ref name=lou1sep>{{cite news|last=Glenn|first=Louisa|title=Background brief: Ahmadinejad's cabinet|url=http://www.ndi.org/node/15709|access-date=1 July 2013|newspaper=National Democratic Institute|date=1 September 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708083626/http://www.ndi.org/node/15709|archive-date=8 July 2013}}</ref> He was later appointed by Khamenei to be the head of the Organization for Islamic Endowments.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sahimi|first=Muhammad|title=Ahmadinejad's Security Cabinet|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2009/08/ahmadinejads-security-cabinet.html|access-date=29 April 2011|publisher=PBS|date=20 August 2009}}</ref>
Moslehi was originally appointed minister of intelligence on 5 August 2009. However, he resigned from his position on 17 April 2011 after being asked to resign by Ahmedinejad. ''The New York Times'' reported on speculation that Moslehi's resignation was prompted by a dispute with Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, after Moslehi tried to dismiss an intelligence official.<ref>{{cite news|last=Yong|first=William|title=Iranian Leader Asserts Power Over President|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/world/middleeast/24iran.html|access-date=29 April 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=23 April 2011}}</ref>
Moslehi was reinstated in his position by the supreme leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei. Ahmadinejad decided to not hold cabinet meetings in protest of Moslehi's presence.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dehghan|first=Saeed Kamali|title=Iran's president and supreme leader in rift over minister's reinstatement|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/27/iran-president-supreme-leader-rift|access-date=29 April 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|date=27 April 2011}}</ref> As of April 2011, cabinet meetings were being held without Ahmadinejad, with the vice president of Iran, Mohammad-Reza Rahimi, chairing the meetings.<ref>{{cite news|title=Iran: Cabinet convenes without Ahmadinejad for second time|url=http://www.payvand.com/news/11/apr/1268.html|access-date=29 April 2011|publisher=Radio Zamaneh|date=28 April 2011|archive-date=16 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216040006/http://www.payvand.com/news/11/apr/1268.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 27 April, the parliament endorsed Moslehi in his position as minister of intelligence. Moslehi was sanctioned by both the United States (on 29 September 2010) and European Union (in October 2011).<ref name=fofdd>{{cite news|title=Heydar Moslehi|url=http://www.defenddemocracy.org/heydar-moslehi|access-date=17 February 2013|publisher=Foundation of Defense for Democracies}}</ref> The US sanctioned him due to his alleged connections in human rights abuses in the Evin prison.<ref name=fofdd /> The reason for the EU sanctions is his orders of the arbitrary detentions and persecution of opposition figures in the country.<ref name=fofdd />
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{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{succession box|before=Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i|title=Minister of Intelligence|years=2009–2013|after=Mahmoud Alavi}} {{s-end}} {{Ahmadinejad cabinet}} {{Intelligence Ministers of Iran}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moslehi, Heydar}} Category:21st-century Iranian politicians Category:1957 births Category:Living people Category:Shia Islamists Category:Iranian Shia clerics Category:Ministers of intelligence of Iran Category:Coalition of the Pleasant Scent of Servitude politicians Category:Islamic Revolution Committees personnel Category:Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps clerics Category:Iranian individuals subject to U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions