Morteza Bakhtiari (born 1952) is an Iranian politician who served as Minister of Justice from 2009 to 2013.
Bakhtiari was born in Mashhad in 1952.[1]
Bakhtiari served as the director of the state prisons organization of Iran from 4 March 1999 to June 2004.[2] He was named as the head of the justice department of the Khorasan Province in Mashhad in June 2004, replacing Ali Akbar Yasaqi.[3][4] Then he began to serve as the governor of Isfahan in October 2005.[5][6] He was approved by the Majlis as justice minister to the cabinet led by president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad on 3 September 2009[7][8] and replaced Gholam Hossein Elham as justice minister.[9] Bakhtiari won 225 votes in favor and 36 votes against.[10] 23 members of the Majlis did not attend the session.[10]
Bakhtiari was one of seven members of the committee that was tasked with carrying out the presidential elections held in June 2013.[11] His term as justice minister ended on 15 August 2013 and he was replaced by Mostafa Pourmohammadi.[12]
The European Union put sanctions on Bakhtiari and other two ministers in the form of a visa ban and asset freeze in October 2011 due to alleged human rights abuses.[13] The Treasury of the United Kingdom also put him among asset freeze targets in October 2011 due to the same reason.[14]
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