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Salehi Amiri was directly involved in the torture and murder of political prisoners and dissidents in the 1980s;
Iran’s National Olympic Committee Seyed Reza Salehi Amiri, had committed enormous crimes against the people and dissidents as a high-ranking manager of the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS). Salehi Amiri is also one of the closest figures to the “moderate” President Hassan Rouhani;
Reza Salehi Amiri is an Iranian politician and former intelligence officer who is President of National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran as of 2018. He was a deputy to Mayor of Tehran and was also Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance and President of National Library of Iran. He was previously served as acting Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports from August to October 2013. On 23 October 2016, Salehi Amiri was nominated by President Hassan Rouhani as Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, needing parliament’s approval;
On August 15, 2013, questions were raised about Salehi Amiri’s history when Rouhani nominated him as the Minister of Sports and Youths. During the Parliament (Majlis) session for a vote of confidence, MPs challenged his baseless plans and remarks. “I saw nothing in your plans but general words. You know nothing about sports,” said then-MP Shahla Bayat;
Salehi Amiri is accused of several bribery files in the case of the Iran Insurance, which had been ignored despite numerous complaints so far. These above-mentioned facts prove that the chief of Iran’s Olympic Committee is an MOIS manager, interrogator, and murderer, rather than a sports expert, dissidents believe;
Also Known As:
Reza Salehi Amiri
Seyed Reza Salehi Amiri
Seyed Reza Fallah
Involved In:
Human Rights Abuse
Born:
28 June 1961
Country:
Iran
Address:
Tehran, Iran
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» Who is Salehi Amiri – chief of Iran’s Olympic Committee;