Ahmad Vahidi | |
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.jpeg) Vahidi in 2022 | |
| Native name | احمد شاهچراغی |
| Allegiance | Iran |
| Service | Revolutionary Guards |
| Years of service | 1980–2021 |
| Rank | Brigadier general |
| Commands | Quds Force[1] |
| Battles / wars | Iran–Iraq War |
| Minister of Interior | |
| In office 25 August 2021 – 21 August 2024 | |
| President | Ebrahim Raisi Mohammad Mokhber (acting) Masoud Pezeshkian |
| Preceded by | Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli |
| Succeeded by | Eskandar Momeni |
| Member of Expediency Discernment Council | |
| Assumed office 14 March 2012 | |
| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Chairman | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting) Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Sadeq Larijani |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 3 September 2009 – 15 August 2013 | |
| President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Preceded by | Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar |
| Succeeded by | Hossein Dehghan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ahmad Shahcheraghi 27 June 1958 Shiraz, Iran |
Ahmad Shah Cheraghi (Persian: احمد وحیدی, born 27 June 1958), better known as Ahmad Vahidi,[2] is an Iranian military commander of the Revolutionary Guards and former Minister of Interior from 2021 to 2024. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council.[3]
In 1988, he was appointed commander of its extraterritorial special forces, Quds Force.[4] He was the minister of defense under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, having held the post from 3 September 2009 until 15 August 2013. Vahidi was formerly president of the Supreme National Defense University from August 2016 to 2021.[5]
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- ^ Alfoneh, Ali (3 June 2021). "The Evolution of Iran's Qods Force Since 1979". The Washington Institute. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Iran defense minister a terror suspect". The Washington Times. 21 August 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
- ^ Kenneth Katzman (6 February 2017), "Iran's Foreign and Defense Policies" (PDF), Congressional Research Service, Federation of American Scientists, p. 25, retrieved 1 March 2017
- ^ "Iran News Round Up – August 3, 2016". AEI Critical Threats Project. 3 August 2016. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2017.