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Ahmad Vahidi

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Ahmad Vahidi

Ahmad Shahcheraghi (Persian: احمد شاهچراغی, born 27 June 1958), better known as Ahmad Vahidi (Persian: احمد وحیدی), is an Iranian military commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and former Iranian Minister of Interior from 2021 to 2024. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council. Interpol has issued a red notice for the his arrest in connection with the 1994 AMIA bombing. In 1988, he was appointed commander of the extraterritorial special forces of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Quds Force, which specializes in unconventional warfare and military intelligence operations. He was the minister of defense under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from 3 September 2009 until 15 August 2013. Vahidi was president of the Supreme National Defense University from August 2016 to 2021.

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President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by
Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar
Succeeded by
Hossein Dehghan
Appointed by
Ali Khamenei
Chairman
Akbar Hashemi RafsanjaniAli Movahedi-Kermani (Acting)Mahmoud Hashemi ShahroudiSadeq Larijani
Born
Ahmad Shahcheraghi (1958-06-27) 27 June 1958 (age 67)Shiraz, Imperial State of Iran
Allegiance
Iran
Branch/service
IRGC
Years of service
1980–2021
Rank
Brigadier General
Commands
Quds Force
Battles/wars
Iran–Iraq War

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Preceded byKazem Kazemi
Preceded byKazem Kazemi
Military offices
Preceded byKazem Kazemi
Military offices
Head of Revolutionary Guards Intelligence office 1985–19881998–?
Military offices
Succeeded by?
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Preceded by?
Military offices
Preceded by?
Military offices
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New title
New title
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New title
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Commander of Revolutionary Guards Quds Force 1988–1998
Military offices
Succeeded byQasem Soleimani
Political offices
Political offices
Military offices
Political offices
Preceded by?
Preceded by?
Military offices
Preceded by?
Military offices
Vice Minister of Defense for planning 2003–2005
Military offices
Succeeded byNosratollah Ezzati
Preceded byAli Hosseini-Tash
Preceded byAli Hosseini-Tash
Military offices
Preceded byAli Hosseini-Tash
Military offices
Deputy Minister of Defense 2005–2009
Military offices
Succeeded byAhmad Vahid Dastjerdi
Preceded byMostafa Mohammad-Najjar
Preceded byMostafa Mohammad-Najjar
Military offices
Preceded byMostafa Mohammad-Najjar
Military offices
Minister of Defense 2009–2013
Military offices
Succeeded byHossein Dehghan
Preceded byAbdolreza Rahmani Fazli
Preceded byAbdolreza Rahmani Fazli
Military offices
Preceded byAbdolreza Rahmani Fazli
Military offices
Minister of Interior 2021–2024
Military offices
Succeeded byEskandar Momeni
Academic offices
Academic offices
Military offices
Academic offices
Preceded byAli Shamkhani
Preceded byAli Shamkhani
Military offices
Preceded byAli Shamkhani
Military offices
Chairman of the Center for Strategic Defence Research 2013–2016
Military offices
Merge in SNDU
Preceded byEbrahim Hassan-Beigi
Preceded byEbrahim Hassan-Beigi
Military offices
Preceded byEbrahim Hassan-Beigi
Military offices
President of the Supreme National Defense University 2016–2021
Military offices
Succeeded byEsmail Ahmadi-Moghaddam
Military offices
Preceded byKazem Kazemi
Head of Revolutionary Guards Intelligence office 1985–19881998–?
Succeeded by?
Preceded by?
Succeeded by?
New title
Commander of Revolutionary Guards Quds Force 1988–1998
Succeeded byQasem Soleimani
Political offices
Preceded by?
Vice Minister of Defense for planning 2003–2005
Succeeded byNosratollah Ezzati
Preceded byAli Hosseini-Tash
Deputy Minister of Defense 2005–2009
Succeeded byAhmad Vahid Dastjerdi
Preceded byMostafa Mohammad-Najjar
Minister of Defense 2009–2013
Succeeded byHossein Dehghan
Preceded byAbdolreza Rahmani Fazli
Minister of Interior 2021–2024
Succeeded byEskandar Momeni
Academic offices
Preceded byAli Shamkhani
Chairman of the Center for Strategic Defence Research 2013–2016
Merge in SNDU
Preceded byEbrahim Hassan-Beigi
President of the Supreme National Defense University 2016–2021
Succeeded byEsmail Ahmadi-Moghaddam

References

  1. "Behind the Headlines: Iran's terrorist defense minister"
    https://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/About+the+Ministry/Behind+the+Headlines/Iran_terrorist_defense_minister_23-Aug-2009.htm
  2. The Washington Institute
    https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/evolution-irans-qods-force-1979
  3. The Washington Times
    http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/21/iranian-defense-minister-terrorist/print/
  4. Congressional Research Service
    https://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/R44017.pdf
  5. AEI Critical Threats Project
    https://web.archive.org/web/20160807013034/http://www.criticalthreats.org/iran-news-round-august-3-2016
  6. PBS
    https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2012/08/the-guards-strategic-brain-trust-part-1-ghasem-soleimani-and-ahmad-vahidi.html
  7. Payvand
    https://web.archive.org/web/20180710101858/http://www.payvand.com/news/09/sep/1068.html
  8. "Iran's ex-defense minister claims country is world's sixth missile power"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20130819054343/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/08/18/iran-ex-defense-minister-claims-country-is-world-6th-missile-power/
  9. Al Monitor
    https://web.archive.org/web/20130810132528/http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/08/rouhanis-cautious-pick-for-defense-minister.html
  10. X (formerly Twitter)
    https://x.com/IranianArForces/status/1933381741118468517
  11. Fox News
    https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,546040,00.html
  12. South American Political and Economic Affairs
    https://www.thefreelibrary.com/ARGENTINA%3a+MORE+INTERNATIONAL+ARREST+WARRANTS+ISSUED+FOR+1994+JEWISH...-a0171417659
  13. KUNA
    http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2029131&Language=en
  14. "U.S. Treasury Department Targets Iran's Nuclear and Missile Programs"
    https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg747.aspx
  15. The Telegraph
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/bolivia/8550445/Iran-defence-minister-forced-to-leave-Bolivia-over-1994-Argentina-bombing.html
  16. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-13612569
  17. "Buenos Aires Times | Government condemns appointment of Iranian minister linked to AMIA attack"
    https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/argentina-condemns-appointment-of-iranian-minister-linked-to-amia-attack.phtml
  18. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68888587
  19. CNN
    https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/24/americas/amia-bombing-argentina-interpol-iran-minister-intl-latam/index.html
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