Ruhollah Hosseinian

Hojatoleslam Ruhollah Hosseinian (Persian: رُوحُ اللَّهِ حُسُینُیانْ, March 5, 1956^[1] in Shiraz – August 25, 2020 in Tehran) was an Iranian principalist politician.

He was in the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and National Security (or VEVAK) as deputy to Ali Fallahian^[2] and in April 2007 was appointed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the security advisor to the president.^[3]

He was a member of the Board of Trustees of Islamic Revolution Document Center.^[4] From 2007 to 2009, he was a member of the Council for Spreading Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Thoughts. He was also a member of parliament from 2008 to 2016.^[5]

Hosseinian died on August 25, 2020, after he had a history of heart problems.^[6]

1. ↑ "گذری بر مجاهدت‌های حجت‌الاسلام‌والمسلمین روح‌الله حسینیان".
2. ↑ "Iran's extremist Shiite cleric finds new clout". Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
3. ↑ حسینیان مشاور سیاسی و امنیتی احمدی نژاد شد (in Persian). BBC Persian. Retrieved 2007-04-26.
4. ↑ "IRDC.ir - Islamic Revolution Document Center - About". Archived from the original on 2009-01-31. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
5. ↑ Chain Murders
6. ↑ "Leader condoles demise of cleric Hosseinian". Tehran Times. 26 August 2020.