Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari

Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari Persian: عبدالواحد موسوی لاری (pronunciation^{ⓘ[needs IPA]}; born 1954) is an Iranian Shia cleric and reformist politician. He was the interior minister during the presidency of Mohammad Khatami.

Seyyed Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari
عبدالواحد موسوی لاری
Moosavi Lari in the 13th congress of Democracy Party.
Minister of Interior
In office 22 July 1998 – 24 August 2005
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Mostafa Tajzadeh (acting)
Succeeded by	Mostafa Pourmohammadi
Vice President of Iran for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
In office 29 August 1997 – 22 July 1998
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Ata'ollah Mohajerani
Succeeded by	Mohammad-Ali Abtahi
Personal details
Born	1954 (age 70–71) Mohr,[citation needed] Iran
Political party	Association of Combatant Clerics

Early life

Mousavi Lari was born in Mohr, Fars in 1954.^{[citation needed]}

Career

In August 1997, when Mohammad Khatami was elected president of Iran, Lari was appointed vice president for legal and parliamentary affairs.^[1] However, following the impeachment of Abdollah Nouri by the Parliament, he was nominated by Khatami as minister of interior and the Parliament voted to him. He was in office until 2005 when Mahmoud Ahmadinejad became president and nominated Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi as interior minister.

Lari is a leading member of the Association of Combatant Clerics party.^[2]