Ali Akbar Nateq-Nouri
| Ali-Akbar Nateq-Nouri | |
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| Speaker of the Parliament of Iran | |
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In office 28 May 1992 – 27 May 2000 |
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| Preceded by | Mehdi Karroubi |
| Succeeded by | Mehdi Karroubi |
| Minister of the Interior | |
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In office 15 August 1981 – 19 August 1985 |
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| President | Ali Khamenei |
| Prime Minister |
Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
| Preceded by | Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani |
| Succeeded by | Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur |
| Member of the Parliament of Iran | |
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In office 28 May 1980 – 27 May 2000 |
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| Constituency | Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr |
| Majority | 1,201,933 (56.3%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Ali Akbar Jamshidi 6 October 1944 Noor, Mazandaran, Iran |
| Political party | Combatant Clergy Association (Inactive since 2009) |
| Other political affiliations |
Islamic Republican Party (1979–1987) |
| Alma mater | University of Tehran |
| Religion | Islam |
Ali Akbar Nateq-Nouri (Persian: علیاکبر ناطقنوری), sometimes spelled Nategh-Nouri (born 6 October 1944) is an Iranian politician.
Nateq-Nouri was the interior minister of the Islamic Republic. He served as the Chairman of the Parliament from 1992 to 2000. He was a candidate in the Iranian presidential election in 1997. He was Khamanei's preferred candidate, but he lost the election to Mohammad Khatami. He was given nearly seven million votes, whereas Khatami twenty million votes. He currently serves as an advisor to Iran's supreme leader and is a critic of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He officially visited Egypt in 2010.
Nateq-Nouri was at the center of an international dispute in 2009 after he referred to Bahrain as Iran's 14th province. Bahrain paused negotiations with Iran regarding gas imports in response, and the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf condemned the remarks. The Iranian foreign minister immediately commented on the controversy and stated that Nateq-Nouri's remarks about the history of Bahrain had been misinterpreted by the media and that Iran respected Bahrain's sovereignty. Nateq-Nouri himself told Al Jazeera that his remarks about the history of the region had been misunderstood and that his comment was not relevant to today's Iran-Bahrain relationship.
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