Abdollah Nouri
| Abdollah Nouri | |
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| Chairman of City Council of Tehran | |
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In office 29 April 1999 – 11 September 1999 |
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| Deputy | Saeed Hajjarian |
| Succeeded by | Abbas Douzdouzani |
| Minister of the Interior | |
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In office 15 August 1997 – 21 June 1998 |
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| President | Mohammad Khatami |
| Preceded by | Ali Mohammad Besharati |
| Succeeded by | Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari |
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In office 3 August 1989 – 13 December 1993 |
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| President | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
| Preceded by | Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur |
| Succeeded by | Ali Mohammad Besharati |
| Member of the Parliament of Iran | |
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In office 28 May 1996 – 14 August 1997 |
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| Constituency | Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr |
| Majority | 1,429,909 (31.30%) |
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In office 28 May 1984 – 28 May 1988 |
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| Constituency | Isfahan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1950 (age 66–67) Isfahan, Iran |
| Political party | Association of Combatant Clerics |
| Relatives | Alireza Noori (brother) |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
Abdollah Noori (Persian: عبدالله نوری 
pronunciation ) is an Iranian cleric and reformist politician. Despite his "long history of service to the Islamic Republic," he became the most senior Islamic politician to be sentenced to prison since the Iranian Revolution when he was sentenced to five years in prison for political and religious dissent in 1999. He has been called the "" of Islamic conservatives in Iran.
Abdollah Nouri was called a "trusted lieutenant" of Ayatollah Khomeini who was "the religious guide to the Revolutionary Guards early in the revolution." Khomeini appointed him as his representative to many other important organisations as well. Khomeini's successor, supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, also appointed him a member "of a powerful council which advises him on major policies". However Abdollah Nouri also supported dissident cleric, Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri, who was placed under house arrest in 1997 for questioning the authority of Ayatollah Khamenei.
Nouri served as minister of interior for four years in then President Hashemi Rafsanjani's first term cabinet. He also served as the minister of interior in Mohammad Khatami's first term cabinet until his impeachment by the conservative-controlled 5th Majlis for his "defence of political and social freedoms." Following his impeachment, Khatami brought Abdullah Nouri back to his cabinet as a vice-president. He was "generally seen as the most outspoken reformist" in Khatami's cabinet.
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