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
(1958-06-27) 27 June 1958 (age 65) 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 current Minister of Interior since August 25, 2021. In addition, 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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Ahmad Shah Cheraghi (Persian: احمد وحیدی, born 27 June 1958), better known as AhmadVahidi, is an Iranian military commander of the Revolutionary Guards...
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Week according to the FARS News Agency. In May 2012 Defense Minister AhmadVahidi stated that three new-generation Saeqeh fighters had been manufactured...
cruise missiles. It was unveiled in 2010 by Iranian defense minister AhmadVahidi and hit its intended target successfully in the test. Production started...
Islamic Consultative Assembly on the same day. Raisi's nomination of AhmadVahidi as Minister of Interior among his cabinet nominations was quickly strongly...
Iranian interior minister AhmadVahidi in connection with the 1994 bombing of a Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires. Vahidi is currently believed to...
Fajr", a key point during the Islamic Revolution by defense minister AhmadVahidi. He later added that this system is very useful in mountainous areas...
1990s under the leadership of Soleimani's predecessor, Brigadier-General AhmadVahidi, and the 1995 Kfar Darom bus attack. Soleimani strengthened these relations...
1988 The Quds Force becomes an independent branch of the Guards, with AhmadVahidi as its first commander. 1990 Quds Force Brigadier-General Razi Mousavi...
سرتیپ محمدرضا قرایی آشتیانی) (Minister of Defence) Brigadier General AhmadVahidi (احمد وحیدی) (Minister of Interior) Major General Mohammad Bagheri (سردار...
ideologically shaped by thinkers such as Navvab Safavi, Jalal Al-e-Ahmad and Ahmad Fardid, Ahmadinejad joined the Office for Strengthening Unity after...
missiles and a command and control center. Iranian defense minister AhmadVahidi said the Mersad air defense system had superior capabilities and included...
Minister of Intelligence Esmaeil Khatib (2021–present) Minister of Interior AhmadVahidi (2021–present) Minister of Justice Amin Hossein Rahimi (2021–present)...
attending the protests. President Ebrahim Raisi asked Interior Minister AhmadVahidi to investigate the cause of her death thoroughly. In early October the...
Armilla patrol frigate. On 9 January 2012, Iranian Defense Minister AhmadVahidi denied that Iran had ever claimed that it would close the Strait of Hormuz...
minister AhmadVahidi vowed an imminent response for the responsible parties. In his visit to the scene, FARAJA head Brigadier General Ahmad-Reza Radan...
ministry on 4 August 2013. He was approved by the Majlis and replaced AhmadVahidi in the post. Dehghani received 269 votes in favor and 10 votes against...
2013. "The IRGC Strategic Brain Trust; Part 1: Ghasem Soleimani and AhmadVahidi". PBS. August 2012. Archived from the original on 16 October 2019. Retrieved...
"privileged" Iranian clerics on the street and running away). Reformers such as Ahmad Zaidabadi criticized the trend as being unfair to Islamic scholars not involved...
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