Hossein Nejat
Mohammad-Hossein Zibayinejad (Persian: محمدحسین زیبایینژاد), also known as Hossein Nejat (Persian: حسین نجات), is an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander who was served as the deputy for its Intelligence Organization.[2]
Hossein Nejat | |
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Birth name | Mohammad-Hossein Zibayinejad[1] |
Nickname(s) | Hossein Nejat[1] |
Allegiance | Iran |
Service/ | Revolutionary Guards |
Years of service | 1981–present |
Rank | Brigadier general[2] |
Battles/wars | Iran–Iraq War |
Career
Following the Iranian Revolution, he joined the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization, having previously been a member of Mansouroun guerrilla organization along with later fellow IRGC servicemen Rezaei, Shamkhani, Zolghadr and Rashid.[3] In 1981, he was given the responsibility to protect the officials. In 2000, he became the commander of the Vali Amr corps, which is a protective security unit for the Supreme Leader of Iran and served in the capacity for ten years; and reportedly had a key role during the 2009 Iranian presidential election protests.[1] He later served as the IRGC deputy for cultural and social affairs, being replaced by Mohammad Reza Naqdi in late 2016.[2]
References
- Vatanka, Alex (27 February 2017). "Iran's Intelligence Services Compete For Glory". Middle East Institute. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- "Hossein Nejat named deputy chief of IRGC intelligence office", Tehran Times, 27 December 2016, retrieved 1 September 2017
- Alfoneh, Ali (2013), Iran Unveiled: How the Revolutionary Guards Is Transforming Iran from Theocracy into Military Dictatorship, AEI Press, pp. 8–10
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by Ali Larijani |
Vice Minister of Defence for Parliamentary Affairs 1989 – 1990 |
Succeeded by ? |
Preceded by ? |
Vice Secretariat of the SNSC for Political and Social affairs 2010 – 2013 |
Succeeded by Reza Seifollahi |
Military offices | ||
Preceded by Hossein Dehghan |
Deputy Chief of Joint Staff of the IRGC 1996 – 1997 |
Succeeded by Mahdi Mohammadi-Fard |
Preceded by Yahya Rahim Safavi |
Commander of Tharallah Headquarters 1997 – 2000 |
Succeeded by Mohammad Ali Jafari |
Preceded by ? |
Commander of Vali Amr Protection Corps 2000 – 2010 |
Succeeded by Ebrahim Jabbari |
Preceded by Hamidreza Moghadam-far |
Vice Commander-in-chief of IRGC for Cultural and Social affairs 2014 – 2016 2019 – 2020 |
Succeeded by Mohammad Reza Naqdi |
Preceded by Mohammad Reza Naqdi |
Succeeded by | |
Preceded by ? |
Deputy Chief of Intelligence Organization of the IRGC 2016 – 2019 |
Succeeded by Hassan Mohaghegh |
Preceded by Esmaeil Kousari |
Deputy Commander of Tharallah Headquarters 2020 – present |
Incumbent |