Sadegh Mahsouli
| Sadegh Mahsouli | |
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| Minister of Welfare and Social Security | |
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In office 19 November 2009 – 3 August 2011 |
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| President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Preceded by | Abdolreza Mesri |
| Succeeded by |
Reza Sheykholeslam (Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare) |
| Minister of Interior | |
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In office 24 December 2008 – 9 August 2009 |
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| President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Preceded by | Ali Kordan |
| Succeeded by | Mostafa Mohammad Najjar |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 9, 1959 Urmia, Iran |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Political party | Front of Islamic Revolution Stability |
| Alma mater | Iran University of Science and Technology |
| Net worth | $160 million (2005) |
| Religion | Islam |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Iran
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| Service/branch | Revolutionary Guards |
| Commands | 6th Special Division |
| Battles/wars | Iran–Iraq War |
Sadegh Mahsouli (Persian: صادق محصولی, born 9 March 1959) is an Iranian politician who was Minister of Interior from 2008 to 2009 and Minister of Welfare and Social Security from 2009 to 2011. He was appointed to this post on 19 November 2009, as part of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's second cabinet after received vote of from Parliament. From 24 March 2008 to 9 August 2009, he was Minister of Interior of Ahmadinejad's first cabinet. He was succeed Ali Kordan who was impeached by Parliament in November 2008.
Mahsouli withdrew his nomination once when the president nominated him for the position of oil minister in 2005 after admitted to Iranian parliament that he was worth $160 million.
In 2011, it was announced that Ministry of Welfare will be merged with Ministry of Labour and Mahsouli will be leave cabinet after it.
Mahsouli was in charge of the Ministry of Interior when the alleged vote rigging happened in Iran's presidential election in June 2009.
On June 18, a letter was presented by Iranian filmmakers Marjane Satrapi (director of the critically Acclaimed Film Persepolis) and has since been widely circulated with Mousavi Supporters. No verification of the letter has been provided. The letter was allegedly written by Interior Minister Sadegh Mahsouli to Ayatollah Khamenei on June 13 (a day after the elections), states the fraud and lists the authentic vote count. The letter was roughly translated as follows;
"Salaam Aleikum.
Following your concerns regarding the results of the presidential election and per your given discretion to have Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad remain as president during this sensitive juncture. Therefore, everything has been planned in a way that the public announcement will be made in accordance with the interests of the regime and the revolution. All necessary precautions have been taken to deal with any unexpected events of election aftermath and the intense monitoring of all the parties' leaders as well as the election candidates.
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