Alireza Avayi Explained

Seyed Ali Reza Avaei
Office:Minister of Justice
Term Start:20 August 2017
Term End:25 August 2021
2Namedata:Hassan Rouhani
Predecessor:Mostafa Pourmohammadi
Successor:Amin Hossein Rahimi
Birth Name:Seyed Ali Reza Avaei
Birth Date:20 May 1956
Birth Place:Dezful, Iran
Alma Mater:University of Tehran
Nationality:Iranian

Seyyed Alireza Avaei (Persian: سید علیرضا آوایی; born 20 May 1956 in Dezful, Iran) is an Iranian conservative politician and former prosecutor, who was the Minister of Justice from 20 August 2017 to 25 August 2021. He gained the vote of confidence from the parliament with 244 yeas, 18 nays, 23 abstentions and 3 invalid votes.

Career

Avaei served most of his career in the judiciary, being appointed as the prosecutor general of his native Dezful in the eve of Iranian Revolution in 1979 and holding the same office in Ahvaz in 1988. In 1988, Avaei was the prosecutor general in Dezful involving the 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners.[1] Between 1994 and 2002, he was the most senior judiciary official in the provinces of Lorestan, Markazi and Isfahan, before assuming the position in Tehran Province from 2005 to 2014.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blood-soaked secrets with Iran's 1998 Prison Massacres are ongoing crimes against humanity . December 14, 2018.