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Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar
مصطفی محمدنجارFormer Minister of Defense (2005–2009); former Minister of Interior (2009–2013)
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green movementsanctions
Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar is an IRGC brigadier general who served as Defense Minister in Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's first term (2005–2009) and then transferred to the Interior Ministry in the second term (2009–2013). As Defense Minister he presided over the rapid advancement of Iran's missile programme. As Interior Minister he supervised the disputed 2009 presidential election that triggered the Green Movement protests. He is subject to US and EU sanctions.