Abdollah Nouri

Abdollah Noori (Persian: عبدالله نوری English pronunciationⓘ) is an Iranian cleric and reformist politician. Despite his "long history of service to the Islamic Republic," he became the most senior Islamic politician to be sentenced to prison since the Iranian Revolution, when he was sentenced to five years in prison for political and religious dissent in 1999. He has been called the "bête noire" of Islamic conservatives in Iran.

Abdollah Nouri
Chairman of City Council of Tehran
In office
29 April 1999 – 11 September 1999
DeputySaeed Hajjarian
Succeeded byAbbas Douzdouzani
Vice President of Iran
for Development and Social Affairs
In office
21 June 1998 – 5 November 1998
PresidentMohammad Khatami
Minister of the Interior
In office
20 August 1997 – 21 June 1998
PresidentMohammad Khatami
Preceded byAli Mohammad Besharati
Succeeded byMostafa Tajzadeh (acting)
In office
29 August 1989 – 16 August 1993
PresidentAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Preceded byAli Akbar Mohtashamipur
Succeeded byAli Mohammad Besharati
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
28 May 1996 – 14 August 1997
ConstituencyTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority448,874 (31.3%)
In office
28 May 1984 – 28 May 1988
ConstituencyIsfahan
Majority102,248 (64.8%)
Personal details
Born1950 (age 73–74)
Isfahan, Iran
Political partyAssociation of Combatant Clerics
Other political
affiliations		Executives of Construction Party (affiliate non-member)
RelativesAlireza Noori (brother)
Military service
Branch/serviceRevolutionary Guards
Years of service1989
CommandsSupreme leader's representative

Noori is a senior member of Association of Combatant Clerics, and also close ally of the Executives of Construction Party.

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