Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar

Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar

Mostafa Mohammad Najjar (Persian: مصطفى محمد نجّار‎, born 2 December 1952) is the current Interior minister of Iran since August 9, 2009. He was listed by the European Union in 2008 as a person linked to "nuclear or ballistic missiles activities.” He was Minister of Defense in the first cabinet of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from 2005 to 2009. He is a veteran of the IRGC.