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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Iranian politician and senior military officer</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Mohsen_Rezaee_(taekwondo)" title="Mohsen Rezaee (taekwondo)">Mohsen Rezaee (taekwondo)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1980–1997; 2015–present<sup id="cite_ref-return_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-return-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major general</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Battles / wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War" title="Iran–Iraq War">Iran–Iraq War</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Fath" title="Order of Fath">Order of Fath</a> (1st class) (3 times)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rezaee.ir">rezaee<wbr />.ir</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_Iran_for_Economic_Affairs" title="Vice President of Iran for Economic Affairs">Vice President of Iran for Economic Affairs</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />25 August 2021 – 11 June 2023</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ebrahim_Raisi" title="Ebrahim Raisi">Ebrahim Raisi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Nahavandian" title="Mohammad Nahavandian">Mohammad Nahavandian</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of <a href="/wiki/Expediency_Discernment_Council" title="Expediency Discernment Council">Expediency Discernment Council</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: #eee"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />9 September 1997</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Appointed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ali_Khamenei" title="Ali Khamenei">Ali Khamenei</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Chairman</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Akbar_Hashemi_Rafsanjani" class="mw-redirect" title="Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani">Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ali_Movahedi-Kermani" class="mw-redirect" title="Ali Movahedi-Kermani">Ali Movahedi-Kermani</a> (Acting)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Hashemi_Shahroudi" title="Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi">Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sadeq_Larijani" title="Sadeq Larijani">Sadeq Larijani</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Secretary of the <a href="/wiki/Expediency_Discernment_Council" title="Expediency Discernment Council">Expediency Discernment Council</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />9 September 1997 – 19 September 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Appointed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Akbar_Hashemi_Rafsanjani" class="mw-redirect" title="Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani">Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Chairman</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Akbar_Hashemi_Rafsanjani" class="mw-redirect" title="Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani">Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ali_Movahedi-Kermani" class="mw-redirect" title="Ali Movahedi-Kermani">Ali Movahedi-Kermani</a> (Acting)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Hashemi_Shahroudi" title="Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi">Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sadeq_Larijani" title="Sadeq Larijani">Sadeq Larijani</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hassan_Habibi" title="Hassan Habibi">Hassan Habibi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Bagher_Zolghadr" title="Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr">Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Sabzevar Rezaei Mirgha'ed</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1954-09-01</span>) </span>1 September 1954<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 70)</span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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(September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> 1954) is an Iranian <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Principlists" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Principlists">conservative</a> politician affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Resistance_Front_of_Islamic_Iran" title="Resistance Front of Islamic Iran">Resistance Front of Islamic Iran</a><sup id="cite_ref-return_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-return-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and senior military officer in the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</a>, who is currently a member of the <a href="/wiki/Expediency_Discernment_Council" title="Expediency Discernment Council">Expediency Discernment Council</a>, secretary of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Supreme_Council_for_Economic_Coordination_of_Iran&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Supreme Council for Economic Coordination of Iran (page does not exist)">Supreme Council for Economic Coordination</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%87%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A7" class="extiw" title="fa:شورای عالی هماهنگی اقتصادی سران قوا">fa</a>]</span>, as well as the secretary of the Iranian government's Economic Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was secretary of the <a href="/wiki/Expediency_Discernment_Council" title="Expediency Discernment Council">Expediency Discernment Council</a> from 1997 to 2021 and <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice President of Iran">Vice President of Iran</a> for Economic Affairs between 2021 and 2023. </p><p>From 1980 to 1997, Rezaee was commander-in-chief of the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</a>. </p><p>Before the <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Revolution">Iranian Revolution</a>, Rezaee was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Islamist" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamist">Islamist</a> guerrilla rebel group <i>Mansouroun</i> and joined the <a href="/wiki/Mojahedin_of_the_Islamic_Revolution_Organization" title="Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization">Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization</a> following the revolution.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dubbed a "<a href="/wiki/Perennial_candidate" title="Perennial candidate">perennial candidate</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rezaee ran as a conservative presidential candidate in the <a href="/wiki/2009_Iranian_presidential_election" title="2009 Iranian presidential election">2009 elections</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-candidate_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-candidate-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> coming third with 1.7 percent of the vote, behind winner <a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad" title="Mahmoud Ahmadinejad">Mahmoud Ahmadinejad</a> and reformist runner-up <a href="/wiki/Mir-Hossein_Mousavi" title="Mir-Hossein Mousavi">Mir-Hossein Mousavi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also a candidate in <a href="/wiki/2013_Iranian_presidential_election" title="2013 Iranian presidential election">2013 presidential election</a> and received 3,884,412 votes. He ranked fourth behind winner <a href="/wiki/Hassan_Rouhani" title="Hassan Rouhani">Hassan Rouhani</a>, runner-up <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Bagher_Ghalibaf" title="Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf">Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saeed_Jalili" title="Saeed Jalili">Saeed Jalili</a>. </p><p>In the 2021 election, Rezaee was the runner-up to the winner <a href="/wiki/Ebrahim_Raisi" title="Ebrahim Raisi">Ebrahim Raisi</a>, who came victorious from the first round, garnering 3.4 million votes, slightly lower than his 2013 tally. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohsen_Rezaee&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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(September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> 1954 to a religious <a href="/wiki/Bakhtiari_people" title="Bakhtiari people">Bakhtiyari</a> nomadic family.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He spent his childhood and adolescence in the oil-rich city of <a href="/wiki/Masjed_Soleyman" title="Masjed Soleyman">Masjed Soleyman</a> (Irsoleymān) in southwestern Iran. </p><p>Along with his close friends, he established the "Religion and Science Association". When he was to begin studying at a school run by <a href="/wiki/National_Iranian_Oil_Company" title="National Iranian Oil Company">National Iranian Oil Company</a> (NIOC) in 1969, Rezaee moved to the city of <a href="/wiki/Ahvaz" title="Ahvaz">Ahvaz</a>. </p><p>At high school, he started his political and cultural struggle against the <a href="/wiki/Shah" title="Shah">Shah</a>'s regime. In their last year of high school, he was arrested by the Shah Security service <a href="/wiki/SAVAK" title="SAVAK">SAVAK</a> in Ahvaz and interrogated. He was 17 when he served five months in solitary confinement. He did not stop his political activities after he was released from prison. </p><p>Rezaee arrived in <a href="/wiki/Tehran" title="Tehran">Tehran</a> in 1974 to study <a href="/wiki/Mechanical_engineering" title="Mechanical engineering">mechanical engineering</a> at <a href="/wiki/Iran_University_of_Science_and_Technology" title="Iran University of Science and Technology">Iran University of Science and Technology</a>. He studied and worked at the same time. SAVAK intensified its crackdown on guerrilla groups to which he was a member. He had to abandon the university. </p><p>He launched provincial branches of Mansouroun guerrilla fighters in seven provinces. When <a href="/wiki/Ruhollah_Khomeini" title="Ruhollah Khomeini">Ruhollah Khomeini</a> returned home from exile, the Mansouroun group was tasked with protecting the revolutionary leader. After the <a href="/wiki/1979_Islamic_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="1979 Islamic Revolution">1979 Islamic Revolution</a>, seven armed Muslim groups teamed up and established the Islamic Revolution Mujahideen Organization to safeguard the nascent Islamic Revolution. </p><p>Although he studied mechanical engineering at Iran University of Science and Technology before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Rezaee switched to economics after the <a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War" title="Iran–Iraq War">Iran–Iraq War</a>, studying at <a href="/wiki/Tehran_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Tehran University">Tehran University</a> and received his PhD in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-ash_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ash-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohsen_Rezaee&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ali_Sayad_Shirazi_%26_Mohsen_Rezaee.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Ali_Sayad_Shirazi_%26_Mohsen_Rezaee.jpg/220px-Ali_Sayad_Shirazi_%26_Mohsen_Rezaee.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Ali_Sayad_Shirazi_%26_Mohsen_Rezaee.jpg/330px-Ali_Sayad_Shirazi_%26_Mohsen_Rezaee.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Ali_Sayad_Shirazi_%26_Mohsen_Rezaee.jpg 2x" data-file-width="390" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption>Ali Sayad Shirazi and Mohsen Rezaee</figcaption></figure> <p>Rezaee joined the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</a> (IRGC) and later was appointed chief of its intelligence division.<sup id="cite_ref-fw9_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fw9-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was appointed the IRGC commander by <a href="/wiki/Ruhollah_Khomeini" title="Ruhollah Khomeini">Ruhollah Khomeini</a>, and after it grew in organizational complexity he assumed the office of IRGC's commander-in-chief on 11 September 1981,<sup id="cite_ref-R_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when he was 27 years old, and remained in the post until he announced his retirement from all of his military posts. He actively participated in the <a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War" title="Iran–Iraq War">Iran–Iraq War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gary87_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gary87-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1986, he was named member of the Supreme Defense Council.<sup id="cite_ref-gary87_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gary87-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rezaee was removed from the IRGC in 1997 due to pressures from the followers of the then president <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Khatami" title="Mohammad Khatami">Mohammad Khatami</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wbuc_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wbuc-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another reason for his dismissal was his failure to respond to the perceived threat of attack from the US.<sup id="cite_ref-fw9_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fw9-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Yahya_Rahim_Safavi" title="Yahya Rahim Safavi">Yahya Rahim Safavi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He became a member of <a href="/wiki/Expediency_Discernment_Council" title="Expediency Discernment Council">Expediency Discernment Council</a> and then its secretary in August 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-ireview_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ireview-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also appointed chair of the commission for macroeconomics and commerce. In addition, he is a reviewer of Iran's 2025 version development. </p><p>Rezaee founded the news website Tabnak, originally <a href="/wiki/Baztab" title="Baztab">Baztab</a>, in 2002 as a reaction to the proliferation of reformist websites.<sup id="cite_ref-eurasianet_tabnak_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eurasianet_tabnak-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also co-founded <a href="/wiki/Imam_Hossein_University" title="Imam Hossein University">Imam Hossein University</a> and teaches there.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>It is reported that he returned to IRGC in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-return_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-return-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidential_campaigns">Presidential campaigns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohsen_Rezaee&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Presidential campaigns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rezaee was a candidate of the <a href="/wiki/2005_Iranian_presidential_election" title="2005 Iranian presidential election">presidential election of 2005</a>, but withdrew on 15 June 2005, only two days before the election. Rezaee mentioned withdrawing from the race for "the integration of the nation's votes" and "their effectiveness". He did not endorse any candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 23 April 2009, he announced that he entered the <a href="/wiki/2009_Iranian_presidential_election" title="2009 Iranian presidential election">2009 presidential</a> race, after trying to find another conservative to run against President Ahmadinejad, which he lost.<sup id="cite_ref-candidate_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-candidate-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also a candidate in the <a href="/wiki/2013_Iranian_presidential_election" title="2013 Iranian presidential election">2013 election</a>. Rezaee announced his run for presidency in October 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Supreme_Leader_Ali_Khamenei_at_the_funeral_of_commanders_of_the_Air_Force.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Supreme_Leader_Ali_Khamenei_at_the_funeral_of_commanders_of_the_Air_Force.jpg/220px-Supreme_Leader_Ali_Khamenei_at_the_funeral_of_commanders_of_the_Air_Force.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Supreme_Leader_Ali_Khamenei_at_the_funeral_of_commanders_of_the_Air_Force.jpg/330px-Supreme_Leader_Ali_Khamenei_at_the_funeral_of_commanders_of_the_Air_Force.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Supreme_Leader_Ali_Khamenei_at_the_funeral_of_commanders_of_the_Air_Force.jpg/440px-Supreme_Leader_Ali_Khamenei_at_the_funeral_of_commanders_of_the_Air_Force.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1800" /></a><figcaption>Rezaee (first from left) with <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Leader_of_Iran" title="Supreme Leader of Iran">Supreme Leader</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ali_Khamenei" title="Ali Khamenei">Ali Khamenei</a> in funeral of a commander of the Air Force, 8 January 1995.</figcaption></figure> <p>On 12 December 2016, Rezaee announced that he "has no decision to run for president" in <a href="/wiki/2017_Iranian_presidential_election" title="2017 Iranian presidential election">2017 election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in February 2017 he told press that if asked by the <a href="/wiki/Popular_Front_of_Islamic_Revolutionary_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Popular Front of Islamic Revolutionary Forces">Popular Front of Islamic Revolutionary Forces</a> to stand, he "will think about it".<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Views">Views</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohsen_Rezaee&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Views"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1988, Rezaee sent a letter to Ayatollah Khomeini, arguing that the Iran–Iraq War could not be won.<sup id="cite_ref-fw9_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fw9-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the run-up to the 2009 Iranian elections, Rezaee criticized opposing candidate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's public comments questioning <a href="/wiki/The_Holocaust" title="The Holocaust">the Holocaust</a> as "not useful" for Iran's international standing.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rezaee stated on 2 August 2009 that the ongoing trials of so-called 'prisoners' was an unjust act, issuing a letter on behalf of the <a href="/wiki/Expediency_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Expediency Council">Expediency Council</a> of which he is the secretary, condemning the government.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2019, Rezaee expressed his hope that Iran would capture US President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> and place him on trial.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Controversy">Controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohsen_Rezaee&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A clash and the disagreement over strategy to be adopted in the Iran–Iraq War emerged between <a href="/wiki/Ali_Sayed_Shirazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Ali Sayed Shirazi">Ali Sayed Shirazi</a>, commander of land forces, and Rezaee in July 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-gary87_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gary87-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When this rivalry became public, <a href="/wiki/Ayatollah_Khomeini" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayatollah Khomeini">Ayatollah Khomeini</a> met them in his residence on 19 July 1986 and urged them to "seek unity", telling them "You must endeavor, not to think in terms of being members of the Armed Forces or those of the Guards Corps or of the Basij forces. ... We must understand that if there were to be any disputes among you ... not only are we doomed here and now, but we also are guilty before God."<sup id="cite_ref-gary87_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gary87-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2006, Argentine Judge Rodolfo Canicoba Corral issued international arrest warrants for Rezaee, six other Iranians, and one Lebanese in connection with the <a href="/wiki/AMIA_bombing" title="AMIA bombing">AMIA bombing</a>, the attacks on 18 July 1994, a suicide bombing of the Jewish cultural center (AMIA) in <a href="/wiki/Buenos_Aires" title="Buenos Aires">Buenos Aires</a>, Argentina, which resulted in the deaths of 85 people and serious injuries to 151.<sup id="cite_ref-ste_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ste-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The attack on the Jewish cultural center came two years after the 1992 terrorist bombing of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires. In 1998, Rezaee's son, Ahmad, defected to the United States, where he told officials that the attack on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires was planned in <a href="/wiki/Tehran" title="Tehran">Tehran</a>. The son told U.S. authorities that he had accompanied his father to Lebanon to witness the training.<sup id="cite_ref-ste_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ste-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ahmad Rezaee returned to Iran after a short time and declared that his statements about his father's involvement in the bombing were baseless.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mohsen Rezaee has been on the official <a href="/wiki/Wanted_poster" title="Wanted poster">Wanted</a> list of <a href="/wiki/Interpol" title="Interpol">Interpol</a> since March 2007, for allegations of "Aggravated Murder and Damages" related to the 1994 AMIA bombing case.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sap16nov_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sap16nov-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rezaee rejected the allegations, saying in June 2009, "These charges were a sheer lie".<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohsen_Rezaee&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mohsen_Rezaee_casting_his_vote_in_2016_election.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Mohsen_Rezaee_casting_his_vote_in_2016_election.jpg/220px-Mohsen_Rezaee_casting_his_vote_in_2016_election.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="309" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Mohsen_Rezaee_casting_his_vote_in_2016_election.jpg/330px-Mohsen_Rezaee_casting_his_vote_in_2016_election.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Mohsen_Rezaee_casting_his_vote_in_2016_election.jpg/440px-Mohsen_Rezaee_casting_his_vote_in_2016_election.jpg 2x" data-file-width="533" data-file-height="749" /></a><figcaption>Rezaee casting his vote in <a href="/wiki/2016_Iranian_legislative_election" title="2016 Iranian legislative election">2016 parliamentary election</a></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Mohsen_Rezaee" title="Electoral history of Mohsen Rezaee">Electoral history of Mohsen Rezaee</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Election</th> <th>Votes</th> <th>%</th> <th>Rank</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>2000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Iranian_legislative_election" title="2000 Iranian legislative election">Parliament</a></td> <td>539,796</td> <td>18.41</td> <td>36th </td> <td style="background-color:#C66">Lost </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_Iranian_presidential_election" title="2005 Iranian presidential election">President</a> </td> <th colspan="3">– </th> <td style="background-color:#C0C0C0"><i>Withdrew</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Iranian_presidential_election" title="2009 Iranian presidential election">President</a></td> <td>678,240</td> <td>1.73</td> <td>3rd </td> <td style="background-color:#C66">Lost </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2013_Iranian_presidential_election" title="2013 Iranian presidential election">President</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3,884,412</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 10.55</td> <td>4th </td> <td style="background-color:#C66">Lost </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_Iranian_presidential_election" title="2021 Iranian presidential election">President</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3,412,712</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 11.79</td> <td>2nd </td> <td style="background-color:#C66">Lost </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohsen_Rezaee&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rezaee married in 1974. He has five children, two sons and three daughters. His eldest son, <a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Rezaee" title="Ahmad Rezaee">Ahmad</a>, migrated to the United States in 1998 and sought political asylum.<sup id="cite_ref-ash_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ash-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ahmad spoke against the policies of the Iranian Islamic government, and accused his father and others of supporting terrorist acts.<sup id="cite_ref-ash_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ash-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He returned to Iran in 2005, recanting his statements,<sup id="cite_ref-ash_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ash-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> then migrated to the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a> in 2011. On 13 November 2011, his body was found in a hotel in <a href="/wiki/Dubai" title="Dubai">Dubai</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ash_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ash-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was reported that he was killed by a hotel servant, but the Dubai Police stated that he had died after taking a large quantity of <a href="/wiki/Antidepressant" title="Antidepressant">antidepressants</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His brother, Omidvar, is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliament of Iran">Parliament of Iran</a> since 2008. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohsen_Rezaee&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin refbegin-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em"> <ul><li><i>Iran at future horizon</i></li> <li><i>Fath's orders</i></li> <li><i>Iran and Middle East</i></li> <li><i>Look of the Sun</i></li> <li><i>I want to die like a cloud</i></li> <li><i>186 Pilgrim notes</i></li> <li><i>Regional Iran</i></li> <li><i>Answer to some questions about War</i></li> <li><i>Establishment of Badr's Sepah</i></li> <li><i>Explanation of trade flows on industrial productivity in Iran</i></li> <li><i>Rights of the accused in the court system</i></li> <li><i>Hidden Hands</i></li> <li><i>The third face of economic jihad</i></li> <li><i>Ahmad Kazemi's biography</i></li> <li><i>Model for cultural policy and planning</i></li> <li><i>Who was Ebrahim Hemat?</i></li> <li><i>The second wave of the Revolution</i></li> <li><i>Economic Federalism</i></li> <li><i>Monetary theory, and general equilibrium Atyar</i></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohsen_Rezaee&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Iranian_two-star_generals_since_1979" title="List of Iranian two-star generals since 1979">List of Iranian two-star generals since 1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Iranian_commanders_in_the_Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Iranian commanders in the Iran–Iraq War">List of Iranian commanders in the Iran–Iraq War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hassan_Bagheri" title="Hassan Bagheri">Hassan Bagheri</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohsen_Rezaee&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sorena_Sattari" title="Sorena Sattari">Sorena Sattari</a> (2021–2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruhollah_Dehghani_Firouz_Abadi" class="mw-redirect" title="Ruhollah Dehghani Firouz Abadi">Ruhollah Dehghani Firouz Abadi</a> (2022–2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Hosseini_(politician)" title="Mohammad Hosseini (politician)">Mohammad Hosseini</a> (2021–2024)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahmoud_Hosseinipour&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mahmoud Hosseinipour (page does not exist)">Mahmoud Hosseinipour</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President for Women and Family Affairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ensieh_Khazali" title="Ensieh Khazali">Ensieh Khazali</a> (2021–2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President for Legal Affairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Dehghan" title="Mohammad Dehghan">Mohammad Dehghan</a> (2021–2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President and Head of<br /><a href="/wiki/Plan_and_Budget_Organization_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Plan and Budget Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran">Plan and Budget Organization</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Masoud_Mir_Kazemi" title="Masoud Mir Kazemi">Masoud Mir Kazemi</a> (2021–2023)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Davoud_Manzour&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Davoud Manzour (page does not exist)">Davoud Manzour</a> (2023–2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President for Executive Affairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sowlat_Mortazavi" title="Sowlat Mortazavi">Sowlat Mortazavi</a> (2021–2022)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohsen_Mansouri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mohsen Mansouri (page does not exist)">Mohsen Mansouri</a> (2022–2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President and Head of<br /><a href="/wiki/Administrative_and_Recruitment_Affairs_Organization" title="Administrative and Recruitment Affairs Organization">Administrative and Recruitment Affairs Organization</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Meysam_Latifi" title="Meysam Latifi">Meysam Latifi</a> (2021–2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President for Economic Affairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Mohsen Rezaee</a> (2021–2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><small>* Acting</small></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" 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Rezaee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehdi_Karroubi" title="Mehdi Karroubi">Mehdi Karroubi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Proceedings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_2009_Iranian_presidential_election" title="Results of the 2009 Iranian presidential election">Results</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stance_of_marjas_on_the_2009_presidential_election_in_Iran" title="Stance of marjas on the 2009 presidential election in Iran">Stance of marjas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_reaction_to_the_2009_Iranian_presidential_election" title="International reaction to the 2009 Iranian presidential election">International reaction</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Protests</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2009_Iranian_election_protests" title="Timeline of the 2009 Iranian election protests">Timeline of the protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Iranian_presidential_election_protests" title="2009 Iranian presidential election protests">2009–10 protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%932012_Iranian_protests" title="2011–2012 Iranian protests">2011–12 protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Neda_Agha-Soltan" title="Killing of Neda Agha-Soltan">Killing of Neda Agha-Soltan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Death_of_Seyed_Ali_Mousavi" title="Death of Seyed Ali Mousavi">Death of Seyed Ali Mousavi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Death_of_Ramin_Pourandarjani" title="Death of Ramin Pourandarjani">Death of Dr. Ramin Pourandarjani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Iranian_university_dormitory_raids" title="2009 Iranian university dormitory raids">University raids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sohrab_Aarabi" title="Sohrab Aarabi">Sohrab Aarabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Iran_poll_protests_trial" title="2009 Iran poll protests trial">Post-election trial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashura_protests" title="Ashura protests">Ashura protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad-Reza_Ali-Zamani" title="Mohammad-Reza Ali-Zamani">Execution of Mohammad-Reza Ali-Zamani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arash_Rahmanipour" title="Arash Rahmanipour">Execution of Arash Rahmanipour</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_Green_Movement" title="Iranian Green Movement">Iranian Green Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Green_Path_of_Hope" title="The Green Path of Hope">The Green Path of Hope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Green_Scroll_Campaign" title="The Green Scroll Campaign">The Green Scroll Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_Reformists" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Reformists">Iranian reform movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kahrizak_Detention_Center" title="Kahrizak Detention Center">Kahrizak Detention Center</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="2009_←_2013_Iranian_presidential_election_→_2017" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Iranian presidential election</a> → <a href="/wiki/2017_Iranian_presidential_election" title="2017 Iranian presidential election">2017</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_candidates_in_the_2013_Iranian_presidential_election" title="List of candidates in the 2013 Iranian presidential election">Candidates</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Approved</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Hassan_Rouhani" title="Hassan Rouhani">Hassan Rouhani</a></b> (<i><a href="/wiki/Hassan_Rouhani_2013_presidential_campaign" title="Hassan Rouhani 2013 presidential campaign">campaign</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Bagher_Ghalibaf" title="Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf">Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saeed_Jalili" title="Saeed Jalili">Saeed Jalili</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Mohsen Rezaee</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Mohsen_Rezaee_2013_presidential_campaign" title="Mohsen Rezaee 2013 presidential campaign">campaign</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Velayati" title="Ali Akbar Velayati">Ali Akbar Velayati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Gharazi" title="Mohammad Gharazi">Mohammad Gharazi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Withdrew</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Aref" title="Mohammad Reza Aref">Mohammad Reza Aref</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Aref_2013_presidential_campaign" title="Mohammad Reza Aref 2013 presidential campaign">campaign</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gholam-Ali_Haddad-Adel" title="Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel">Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Gholam-Ali_Haddad-Adel_2013_presidential_campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel 2013 presidential campaign">campaign</a></i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Disqualified</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akbar_Hashemi_Rafsanjani" class="mw-redirect" title="Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani">Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Akbar_Hashemi_Rafsanjani_2013_presidential_campaign" title="Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani 2013 presidential campaign">campaign</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esfandiar_Rahim_Mashaei" title="Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei">Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_candidates_in_the_2013_Iranian_presidential_election" title="List of candidates in the 2013 Iranian presidential election"><i>Others</i> (list)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/2013_Iranian_local_elections" title="2013 Iranian local elections">Local elections</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Commanders_of_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3" style="background:#0a4098;color:#fcf020; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #fcf020, inset -1px -1px 0 #fcf020;;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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#fcf020">Commanders</span></a> of <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps"><span style="color: #fcf020">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0a4098;color:#fcf020; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #fcf020, inset -1px -1px 0 #fcf020;;;width:1%">Commander-in-Chief</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abbas_Agha-Zamani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abbas Agha-Zamani (page does not exist)">Agha-Zamani</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Morteza_Rezaee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Morteza Rezaee (page does not exist)">Morteza Rezaee</a> (1980)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Mohsen Rezaee</a> (1980–97)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yahya_Rahim_Safavi" title="Yahya Rahim Safavi">Safavi</a> (1997–07)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Ali_Jafari" title="Mohammad Ali Jafari">Jafari</a> (2007–19)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Salami" title="Hossein Salami">Salami</a></b> (2019–present)</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="11" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IRGC-Seal.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/IRGC-Seal.png/100px-IRGC-Seal.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/IRGC-Seal.png/150px-IRGC-Seal.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/IRGC-Seal.png/200px-IRGC-Seal.png 2x" data-file-width="4096" data-file-height="6302" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0a4098;color:#fcf020; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #fcf020, inset -1px -1px 0 #fcf020;;;width:1%">Chief of <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps_Joint_Staff" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Joint Staff"><span style="color: #fcf020">Joint Staff</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alireza_Afshar" title="Alireza Afshar">Afshar</a> (1984–87)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Forouzandeh" title="Mohammad Forouzandeh">Forouzandeh</a> (1987–89)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Bagher_Zolghadr" title="Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr">Zolghadr</a> (1989–97)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Alaei" title="Hossein Alaei">Alaei</a> (1997–00)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Ahmadian" title="Ali Akbar Ahmadian">Ahmadian</a> (2000–07)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Hejazi" title="Mohammad Hejazi">Hejazi</a> (2007–08)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0a4098;color:#fcf020; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #fcf020, inset -1px -1px 0 #fcf020;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps_Ground_Forces" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces"><span style="color: #fcf020">Ground Force</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yahya_Rahim_Safavi" title="Yahya Rahim Safavi">Safavi</a> (1985–89)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mostafa_Izadi" title="Mostafa Izadi">Izadi</a> (1989–92)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Ali_Jafari" title="Mohammad Ali Jafari">Jafari</a> (1992–05)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Kazemi" title="Ahmad Kazemi">Kazemi</a> (2005–06)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Zahedi" title="Mohammad Reza Zahedi">Zahedi</a> (2006–08)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Jafar_Asadi" title="Mohammad Jafar Asadi">Asadi</a> (2008–09)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Pakpour" title="Mohammad Pakpour">Pakpour</a></b> (2009–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0a4098;color:#fcf020; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #fcf020, inset -1px -1px 0 #fcf020;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps_Aerospace_Force" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force"><span style="color: #fcf020">Aerospace Force</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mousa_Refan" title="Mousa Refan">Refan</a> (1985–90)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Dehghan" title="Hossein Dehghan">Dehghan</a> (1990–91)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Hossein_Jalali" title="Mohammad Hossein Jalali">Jalali</a> (1991–97)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Bagher_Ghalibaf" title="Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf">Ghalibaf</a> (1997–00)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Kazemi" title="Ahmad Kazemi">Kazemi</a> (2000–05)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Zahedi" title="Mohammad Reza Zahedi">Zahedi</a> (2005–06)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Salami" title="Hossein Salami">Salami</a> (2006–09)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Amir_Ali_Hajizadeh" title="Amir Ali Hajizadeh">Hajizadeh</a></b> (2009–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0a4098;color:#fcf020; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #fcf020, inset -1px -1px 0 #fcf020;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps_Navy" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy"><span style="color: #fcf020">Navy</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Alaei" title="Hossein Alaei">Alaei</a> (1985–90)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Shamkhani" title="Ali Shamkhani">Shamkhani</a> (1990–97)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Ahmadian" title="Ali Akbar Ahmadian">Ahmadian</a> (1997–00)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Morteza_Saffari&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Morteza Saffari (page does not exist)">Saffari</a> (2000–10)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Fadavi" title="Ali Fadavi">Fadavi</a> (2010–18)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Alireza_Tangsiri" title="Alireza Tangsiri">Tangsiri</a></b> (2018–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0a4098;color:#fcf020; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #fcf020, inset -1px -1px 0 #fcf020;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Quds_Force" title="Quds Force"><span style="color: #fcf020">Quds Force</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Vahidi" title="Ahmad Vahidi">Vahidi</a> (1988–98)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qasem_Soleimani" title="Qasem Soleimani">Soleimani</a> (1998–2020)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Esmail_Qaani" title="Esmail Qaani">Qaani</a></b> (2020–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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(2019–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0a4098;color:#fcf020; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #fcf020, inset -1px -1px 0 #fcf020;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Intelligence_Organization_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" title="Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps"><span style="color: #fcf020">Intelligence</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Taeb" title="Hossein Taeb">Taeb</a> (2009–22)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Kazemi_(military_officer)" title="Mohammad Kazemi (military officer)">Kazemi</a></b> (2022–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0a4098;color:#fcf020; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #fcf020, inset -1px -1px 0 #fcf020;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Intelligence_Protection_Organization_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" title="Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps"><span style="color: #fcf020">Intelligence Protection</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_Saeedi_Shahroudi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ali Saeedi Shahroudi (page does not exist)">Saeedi</a> (1984–94)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Morteza_Rezaee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Morteza Rezaee (page does not exist)">Morteza Rezaee</a> (1994–06)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gholam-Hossein_Ramezani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gholam-Hossein Ramezani (page does not exist)">Ramezani</a> (2006–08)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Kazemi_(military_officer)" title="Mohammad Kazemi (military officer)">Kazemi</a> (2008–22)</li></ul> 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People's Fedaian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fedaian_Organisation_(Minority)" title="Fedaian Organisation (Minority)">Fedaian Organisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tudeh_Party_of_Iran" title="Tudeh Party of Iran">Tudeh Party of Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worker%27s_Way" title="Worker's Way">Worker's Way</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komalah_(CPI)" title="Komalah (CPI)">Komalah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Iran" title="Communist Party of Iran">Communist Party of Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_Struggle_for_the_Emancipation_of_the_Working_Class" title="Organization of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class">Organization of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Buried</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Khavaran_cemetery" 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