Ali Fallahian
| Ali Fallahian | |
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| Minister of Intelligence of Iran | |
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In office 1 August 1989 – 19 August 1997 |
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| President | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Reyshahri |
| Succeeded by | Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi |
| Member of the Assembly of Experts | |
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In office 24 February 2007 – 24 May 2016 |
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| Constituency | Khuzestan Province |
| Majority | 386,767 |
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23 October 1945 Najafabad, Isfahan, Iran |
| Political party | Islamic Republican Party (1979–1987) |
| Alma mater | Haghani Circle |
| Religion | Islam |
Ali Fallahian, (Persian: علی فلاحیان 
pronunciation , born 23 October 1945) is an Iranian politician and cleric. He served as intelligence minister from 1989 to 1997 under the presidency of Ali Akbar Rafsanjani.
Fallahian was born in Najafabad, Iran, in 1945. He is a graduate of Haqqani school in Qom.
In 1987 Fallahian was appointed by Ruhollah Khomeini as chief prosecutor of the Special Court for the Clergy and led the trial against Mehdi Hashemi.
Fallahian served as a member of the 3rd Assembly of Experts of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was also the minister of intelligence in the cabinet of then President Rafsanjani from 1989 to 1997. After Fallahian left office, his senior deputy, Saeed Emami, was arrested for the murders of four dissidents in 1998 and 1999, Emami subsequently died in prison in what the authorities declared a suicide. Fallahian began to work in the office of the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.
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