Ali-Akbar Nateq-Nouri
Chairman of Parliament
In office 3 May, 1992 – 3 May, 2000
Preceded by	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Succeeded by	Mehdi Karroubi
Minister of the Interior
In office 1981 – 1985
Preceded by	Kamal-al-Din Nik Ravesh
Succeeded by	Ali Akbar Mohtashami-Pur
Born	6 October 1944 Noor, Mazandaran, Iran
Alma mater	Tehran University (B.A. in Theology and Law)
Religion	Twelver Shi'a Islam

Hodjatoleslam Ali Akbar Nateq-Nouri (born 1944, city of Noor, Mazandaran province) was the Chairman of the Iranian parliament. Before that, he was the interior minister of the Islamic Republic. A.A. Nategh Nouri currently serves as an advisor to Iran's supreme leader and is a critic of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.^{[citation needed]}

He ran to become the president of Iran for the Iranian presidential election in 1997.^[1][2]

Nateq-Nouri was at the center of an international dispute in 2009 after he referred to Bahrain as Iran's 14th province. Bahrain paused negotiations with Iran regarding gas imports in response, and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) condemned the remarks.^[3] The Iranian foreign minister immediately commented on the controversy and stated that Mr Nateq Nouri's remark about the history of Bahrain was misinterpreted by the media and that Iran respects Bahrain's sovereignty.^[3][4] Nategh Nouri himself told Aljazeerah that his remarks about the history of the region was misunderstood and his comment is not relevant to today's Iran-Bahrain relationship, IRNA reported.^{[5][dead link]} Bahrain was a part of Iran until it was recognized by Iran and the United Kingdom as a separate state after a referendum conducted by the United Nations in 1971.^[4]

[edit] See also

• Faezeh Hashemi
• Gholamhossein Karbaschi
• Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
• Mehdi Karroubi
• Mohammad Khatami
• Iranian presidential election, 1997

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Preceded by Kamal-al-Din Nik Ravesh	Interior minister of Iran 1981-1985	Succeeded by Ali Akbar Mohtashami-Pur?
Preceded by Mehdi Karroubi	Speaker of Majles 1992-2000	Succeeded by Mehdi Karroubi

v • d • e Interior ministers of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hashem Sabbaghian · Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri · Ali Akbar Mohtashami-Pur · Abdollah Nouri · Ali Mohammad Besharati · Abdollah Nouri · Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari · Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi · Ali Kordan · Sadegh Mahsouli · Mostafa Mohammad Najjar

v • d • e Chairmen of the Parliament of Iran since 1980 Era 1 and 2:Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1980–1989) · Era 3:Mehdi Karroubi (1989-1992) · Era 4 and 5:Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri (1992-2000) · Era 6:Mehdi Karroubi (2000-2004) · Era 7:Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel (2004-2008) · Era 8:Ali Larijani (since 2008)

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