Iranian military commander
Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr (Persian : محمدباقر ذوالقدر ) is an Iranian retired military commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who currently serves as the Secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council . Also he is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council .
He was formerly the deputy for strategic, societal–security and crime prevention affairs in the Judicial system of Iran .[ 2] He is also a former Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad .[ 3]
Military career
In the early 1980s, Zolghadr co-headed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ' educational division.[ 4] He later served as the commander of IRGC Irregular Warfare Headquarters, as well as Ramazan Headquarters.[ 2] Zolghadr served as the deputy commander of the IRGC.[ 3] In 2007, Zolghadr was appointed the deputy chief of general staff of Iranian Armed Forces for Basij -related affairs.[ 5]
Political activity
Following the Iranian Revolution , Zolghadr joined the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization and belonged to its right-wing faction,[ 6] having previously been a member of Mansouroun guerrilla organization along with later fellow IRGC servicemen Rezaei , Shamkhani and Rashid .[ 7] He is reportedly "one of the founders" of Ansar-e Hezbollah .[ 3]
Judicial career
Zolghadr was appointed the deputy Judiciary chief for strategic affairs on 14 May 2012,[ 8] having previously served as the advisor to the Chief Justice Sadeq Larijani since 2010.[ 9]
References
^ "Revolutionary Guardsman Wins Top Iran Security Post" , Agence France Presse , 1 December 2005, retrieved 1 March 2017 – via Arab News
^ a b Ali Alfoneh (29 March 2012). "Generational change in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force: Brigadier General Iraj Masjedi" . Middle Eastern Outlook. Retrieved 11 June 2017 – via American Enterprise Institute.
^ a b c Frederic Wehrey; Jerrold D Green; Brian Nichiporuk; Alireza Nader; Lydia Hansell (31 December 2008). The Rise of the Pasdaran: Assessing the Domestic Roles of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps . Rand Corporation. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-8330-4680-2 . Archived from the original on August 6, 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013 .
^ Saeed Aganji (24 February 2015), "IRGC to reopen its own high schools" , Al-Monitor , retrieved 1 March 2017
^ "Leader Appoints Deputy Chief of General Staff of Iranian Armed Forces for Basij-Related Affairs" . Khamenei.ir. 11 December 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2017 .
^ Muhammad Sahimi (12 May 2009). "The Political Groups" . Tehran Bureau. Retrieved 21 August 2015 .
^ Alfoneh, Ali (2013), Iran Unveiled: How the Revolutionary Guards Is Transforming Iran from Theocracy into Military Dictatorship , AEI Press, pp. 8–10
^ "Iranian judiciary chief appoints new Judicial officials" , Mehr News Agency , 14 May 2012, retrieved 1 March 2017 – via OANA
^ Massoumeh Torfeh (8 January 2010), "Iran's judiciary takes a military colour" , Guardian , retrieved 1 March 2017