Iranian conservative politician, former judge and former prosecutor
Saeed Mortazavi
Mortazavi after a court session (April 2015)
Head of Social Security Organization
In office 18 March 2012 – 18 August 2013
President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by
Rahmatollah Hafezi
Succeeded by
Mohammad-Taghi Nourbakhsh
Head of the Central Headquarters for Combating Goods and Currency Smuggling
In office 16 December 2009 – 14 July 2012
President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by
Gholam-Hossein Elham
Succeeded by
Fada Hossein Maleki
Deputy to Prosecutor-General of Iran
In office 29 August 2009 – August 2010
Appointed by
Sadeq Larijani
Prosecutor-General of Tehran
In office 18 May 2003 – 29 August 2009
Appointed by
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Head of the Islamic Revolutionary Court Branch 1410, Press Special Court
In office late 1990s – early 2000s
Appointed by
Mohammad Yazdi
Personal details
Born
(1967-11-26) 26 November 1967 (age 56) Taft, Yazd, Iran
Spouse
Homa Fallah-Tafti
Alma mater
University of Judicial Sciences and Administrative Services
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Saeed Mortazavi (Persian: سعید مرتضوی, born 26 November 1967[1]) is an Iranian conservative politician, former judge and former prosecutor. He was the prosecutor of the Islamic Revolutionary Court, and Prosecutor General of Tehran, a position he held from 2003 to 2009.[2] He has been called as "butcher of the press" and a "torturer of Tehran" by some observers.[3] Mortazavi has been accused of the torture and death in custody of Iranian-Canadian photographer Zahra Kazemi by the Canadian government[3] and was named by 2010 Iranian parliamentary report as the man responsible for the abuse of dozens and death of three political prisoners at Kahrizak detention center in 2009.[4] He was put on trial in February 2013 after a parliamentary committee blamed him for the torture and deaths of at least three detainees who participated in the protests against President Mahmud Ahmadinejad's reelection.[5] On 15 November 2014, he was banned from all political and legal positions for life.
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^ abSaeed Murtazavi: butcher of the press – and torturer of Tehran? Jenny Booth and James Hider, 25 June 2009, The Sunday Times.
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