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Roohallah Jomei () is an Iranian journalist and politician. He has been the Deputy Minister and Advisor to the
Minister of Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...
of the
Islamic Republic of Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
and has also been the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Islamic
Islamic Republic News Agency The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA; , ''Xabargozâri-ye Jomhuri-ye Eslâmi'' or ), is the official news agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Founded in November 1934 as Pars News Agency during the time of Reza Shah, it is government-fu ...
. His controversial remarks have been repeatedly covered by the media.


2009 presidential election

He spoke about the illegal efforts of
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (born Mahmoud Sabbaghian on 28 October 1956) is an Iranian Iranian principlists, principlist and Iranian nationalism, nationalist politician who served as the sixth president of Iran from 2005 to 2013. He is currently a mem ...
and the Presidential Administration to announce his victory before the official election results. He said that on 2009 June 12, he was told by the presidential administration to publish the news of Ahmadinejad's victory on the news agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran before the end of the voting, which he objected to. He says that the pressure from the institution of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the point of threat that eventually issued an order to publish this news in any way possible. He left the
IRNA The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA; , ''Xabargozâri-ye Jomhuri-ye Eslâmi'' or ), is the official news agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Founded in November 1934 as Pars News Agency during the time of Reza Shah, it is State media, g ...
news agency at 10 pm to protest the involvement of behind-the-scenes agents in the official information, and this was published a few minutes later, in a situation where polling stations in many parts of Tehran were voting. . This suspicious act became one of the suspicions of fraud after the elections.


2019–2020 protests


Reaction to the remarks of the spiritual advisor

Ali, in response to the remarks of Rouhani's media advisor, Hesamuddin Ashna, who had spoken in an interview with Andisheh Pouya monthly about the lack of accurate statistics on the deaths in November 2020 said: And has provided the exact pathology of the November events and the performance of the various departments involved in the matter to all relevant officials and officials, including the
President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...
.


Letter to the Deputy Speaker of the Iranian Parliament

In a letter to
Ali Motahari Ali Motahhari (; born 26 January 1958) is an Iranian conservative politician. He is also named as a sort of conservative reformist, who represented Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district in the Parliament of Iran from 2008 to 2 ...
, who in his last speech in the 10th parliament again blamed the Ministry of Interior for suppressing the November 1998 protests, he asked the question: Do you consider the threat and attack on the grain warehouse and food and the destruction of public and government property, especially the economic, security and law enforcement centers, and even ordinary people, as negligence in performing their duties? A part of this letter states:
"Certainly, as a person who spent most of his life in the parliament in the guise of the deputy speaker of the
Islamic Consultative Assembly The Islamic Consultative Assembly (), also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles (Arabicised spelling Majlis) or ICA, is the unicameral national legislative body of Iran. The parliament currently consists of 290 representatives, an i ...
, you were fully informed of all the laws and regulations of the country and had access to numerous reports."
"The decision to increase the price of gasoline can be divided into three periods before the decision is made, the moment of the official announcement of the price increase and finally the measures considered after the price increase until before the start of subversive disturbances."


Shooting in the migrant's migraine in November 2019–2020

Roohallah Jomei said in a meeting with Iranian MP Mahmoud Sadeghi that 23 percent of protesters were shot at close range during the
2019–2020 Iranian protests The 2019–2020 Iranian protests, sometimes known as Bloody November or (using the Iranian calendar) Bloody Aban (), were a series of nationwide civil protests in Iran that took place in 2019 and 2020. Initially caused by a 50–200% increase ...
. He also said that 16 percent of those killed in the November incidents were killed in attacks on military bases and 31 percent were destroyed or attacked in public and municipal facilities. He said some members of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission were aware of the issue of gasoline quotas.


Impugn

In an interview with
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, in addition to denying, he said that the published article about his statements about the events of November 1998 was untrue, distorted and fragmented.


Arrest news

An unconfirmed news of his arrest was published by the Revolutionary Guards
Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps () is an Iranian intelligence agency within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and part of Council for Intelligence Coordination. The Intelligence Organization of the Is ...
, which soon published a denial of his arrest on Telegram pages. The news website Amadnews quoted an informed source as saying: "Mr. jomei, after learning of the strong rumors of his arrest in a telegram group close to the
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and publishing it on some websites, referred to Interior Minister
Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli (; born 1959) is an Iranian conservative politician who serves as ambassador of Iran to China in Government of Masoud Pezeshkian since 21 May 2025. He was also Minister of Interior in Hassan Rouhani's government and the ...
and his source. He shared this rumor with him. During a telephone call with his advisor, Parviz Ismaili, the interior minister asked him to explain the reason for the publication of the news, which Ismaili said was due to a mistake made by his colleague. "After accepting this mistake, the news of the arrest of this senior government official was removed from the secret telex output of the Islamic Republic of Iran News Agency (
IRNA The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA; , ''Xabargozâri-ye Jomhuri-ye Eslâmi'' or ), is the official news agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Founded in November 1934 as Pars News Agency during the time of Reza Shah, it is State media, g ...
) with the help of Parviz Ismaili."


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