Ali Shamkhani

References

1. Persian: علی شمخانی, romanized: ʿAlī Shamkhānī; Arabic: علي شمخاني
2. The New York Times
   https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/world/middleeast/us-iran-nuclear-talks.html
3. Ynetnews
   https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjbbyz64el
4. زندگینامه علی شمخانی (in Persian)
   https://www.jamaran.news/%D9%85%D8%A4%D9%84%D9%81-84-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C
5. "Iran-related Designations and Updates | Office of Foreign Assets Control"
   https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20200110
6. Institute for Policy and Strategy
   https://web.archive.org/web/20120402141606/http://www.herzliyaconference.org/_Uploads/2615IranianDefense1.pdf
7. Navy League of the United States
   https://web.archive.org/web/20110107173251/http://www.navyleague.org/sea_power/aug_01_17.php
8. Iran Unveiled: How the Revolutionary Guards Is Transforming Iran from Theocracy into Military Dictatorship
9. Los Angeles Times
   https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-nov-15-op-44226-story.html
10. CACI Analyst
    http://www.cacianalyst.org/publications/analytical-articles/item/7799-analytical-articles-caci-analyst-2003-2-12-art-7799.html
11. "Rouhani's Cautious Pick For Defense Minister"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20171107055608/http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/08/rouhanis-cautious-pick-for-defense-minister.html
12. JAMʿIYAT-E MOʾTALEFA-YE ESLĀMI i. Hayʾathā-ye Moʾtalefa-ye Eslāmi 1963-79
    http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/jamiyat-e-motalefa-ii
13. Parliamentary Politics in Revolutionary Iran: The Institutionalization of Factional Politics
    https://books.google.com/books?id=Z_jPuuxfIv4C&pg=PA157
14. "Khatami's Cabinet Choices: On the Record"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233832/http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/pdf/khatamis-cabinet-choices-on-the-record
15. Electoral Studies
    http://ac.els-cdn.com/S0261379401000415/1-s2.0-S0261379401000415-main.pdf?_tid=edc14028-0a44-11e3-91c3-00000aab0f01&acdnat=1377077871_b856937fc8c085a003475cf08f3924e3
16. The Journal of Turkish Weekly
    https://archive.today/20130827083850/http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/128242/iran-to-down-other-us-drones-if-violations-continue.html
17. Iran Briefing
    http://iranbriefing.net/?p=4154
18. Al Hayat
    https://web.archive.org/web/20160306105557/http://lebanonwire.com/0808mln1/08081216dah.asp
19. Nasim Online
    https://web.archive.org/web/20131014183913/http://en.nasimonline.ir/archives/9507
20. "Texas Says Attempted Cyber Infiltration Surges: Iran Update"
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-06/mourners-pack-tehran-as-world-girds-for-retaliation-iran-update
21. The Jerusalem Post
    https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Iran-News/Irans-regime-pushes-antisemitic-conspiracies-about-coronavirus-620212
22. "Iran's Shamkhani steps down as top security official - state media"
    https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-appoints-guards-commander-new-top-security-official-state-tv-2023-05-22/
23. New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/world/middleeast/iran-ali-shamkhani-ousted.html
24. "Iran's security chief Shamkhani replaced after almost 10 years"
    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/22/irans-security-chief-shamkhani-replaced-after-almost-10-years
25. "Long-time ally of Iran's supreme leader steps down as top security official"
    https://thearabweekly.com/long-time-ally-irans-supreme-leader-steps-down-top-security-official
26. "Observers Analyze Reported Appointment in Iran's Nuclear Talks"
    https://www.iranintl.com/en/202405274750
27. "Iran Ex-Security Chief Got $3.5mn Per Year From IRGC-Backed Drug Lord"
    https://www.iranintl.com/en/202306111726
28. "یک روز تحریم بیشتر هم نعمت است | ماجرای اختلاف شمخانی و روحانی بر سر برجام چه بود؟"
    https://www.rouydad24.ir/fa/news/371277/%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D9%87%D9%85-%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA-%7C-%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81-%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D9%88-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85-%DA%86%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF
29. WANA
    https://wanaen.com/why-did-shamkhani-speak-of-building-an-atomic-bomb/
30. ifpnews.com
    https://ifpnews.com/shamkhani-if-we-returned-to-1990s-we-would-definitely-build-nukes/
31. tradewindsnews.com
    https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tw/meet-the-dark-fleet-kingpin-whose-network-stretches-from-shadow-tankers-to-alleged-arms-trading/2-1-1852962
32. U.S. Department of the Treasury
    https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0215
33. www.kharon.com
    https://www.kharon.com/brief/iran-sanctions-shamkhani-treasury-state-department
34. Global Trade Review (GTR)
    https://www.gtreview.com/news/global/us-sanctions-on-shamkhani-reveal-complex-evasion-networks/
35. www.thetimes.com
    https://www.thetimes.com/world/middle-east/article/ali-shamkhani-daughter-wedding-dress-c0mnhlb9p
36. "Iranian Wedding Video Plunges Top Official Into Scandal"
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/world/middleeast/iran-wedding-video.html
37. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
    https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-shamkhani-rezaei-boroujerdi-killing-oil-strikes/33566925.html
38. www.iranintl.com
    https://www.iranintl.com/fa/202510215405
39. "Intensified Sanctions on Iran"
    https://www.state.gov/intensified-sanctions-on-iran/
40. U.S. Department of the Treasury
    https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm870
41. "Treasury Designates Senior Iranian Regime Officials Preventing Free and Fair Elections in Iran"
    https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm912
42. "How Son Of Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei's Advisor Became An Oil Tycoon"
    https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/how-son-of-irans-ayatollah-khameneis-advisor-became-an-oil-tycoon-6478434
43. "Report exposes how Khamenei advisor's son became an oil tycoon"
    https://www.iranintl.com/en/202408303235
44. "US looks into JPMorgan's ties to Iranian oil kingpin"
    https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/us-looks-into-jpmorgans-ties-to-iranian-oil-kingpin/articleshow/115576986.cms?from=mdr
45. "Iran Oil Tycoon 'Hector' Plays Key Role in Arms Sales to Russia"
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-24/oil-trader-plays-key-role-in-iran-arms-sales-to-russia?embedded-checkout=true
46. علی شمخانی، دبیر شورای عالی امنیت ملی ایران شد Shafaqna (in Persian)
    https://web.archive.org/web/20130912231802/http://www.shafaqna.com/persian/other-services/countries/iran/item/51228-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%8C-%D8%AF%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B4%D8%AF.html
47. علی شمخانی گزینه اصلی تصدی گری وزارت کشور روحانی Archived 9 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine Barfaaz
    http://barfaraaz.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=3194:%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%DA%AF%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%AF%DB%8C-%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C&Itemid=778
48. Virasty
    https://virasty.com/antizionist_2023/1679672150248000012
49. www.thetimesofisrael.com
    https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iranian-media-claims-top-khamenei-adviser-is-actually-alive-after-reporting-last-week-that-he-was-killed-by-israel/
50. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/world/middleeast/iran-shamkhani-israel-attack.html
51. Mehr News Agency
    https://en.mehrnews.com/news/233735/Shamkhani-attends-funeral-ceremony-for-Iranian-martyrs