Mohammad Hejazi
Mohammad Hejazi | |
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| Birth name | Mohammad Hossein-Zadeh Hejazi |
| Born | 20 January 1956 Isfahan,Imperial State of Iran |
| Died | 18 April 2021(aged 65)[1] Tehran,Iran |
| Allegiance | Iran |
| Service/ |  Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps |
| Years of service | 1980–2021 |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
| Unit | Quds Force |
| Commands | Basij(1998–2007) Joint Staff(2007–2008) |
| Battles/wars | 1979 Kurdish Rebellion Iran–Iraq War Syrian Civil War |
Mohammad Hossein-Zadeh Hejazi(Persian:سید محمد حسینزاده حجازی,20 January 1956 – 18 April 2021) was an Iranian military commander in theIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Early life and education
[edit]Hejazi was born inIsfahanin 1956.[2]He attended theUniversity of Tehran.[2]
Career
[edit]Hejazi became a member of theIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corpsin May 1979.[2]He served as the intelligence and security advisor to the Supreme LeaderAli Khamenei.[3]He was a former commander ofBasij,the auxiliaryIranianparamilitarybranch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.[4]On January 20, 2020, he became the Deputy Commander of the Quds Force, by decree of the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.
Allegations
[edit]It is alleged by theAmerican Jewish Committeethat Hejazi, while serving as an advisor to Khamanei, attended a meeting in August 1993 to plan theAMIA bombingin Argentina along with Khamanei,Rafsanjani,then president,Ali Fallahian,then intelligence minister, andAli Akbar Velayati,then foreign minister.[3]
The subject was the deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in 2008 and the commander ofTehran's Tharallah military basewhose units were central to the government efforts to combat the2009 Iranian presidential election protests.[5]
Sanctions
[edit]In 2010, theUnited States Department of Statehad placed Hejazi on its sanctions list.[6]Similarly, theEuropean Unionalso sanctioned him in October 2011 for playing a "central role in the post-election crackdown."[7]
Death
[edit]Hejazi died on April 18, 2021. It was reported that the cause of his death was announced as a heart condition although state media reports that he died of the chemical effects.[8][9][10][11]
References
[edit]- ^Yaghoub Fazeli, Al Arabiya English . (18 April 2021). "Deputy commander of Iran's Quds Force Mohammad Hejazi dies".Al Arabiya websiteRetrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^abcMuhammad Sahimi (11 August 2012)."The IRGC Strategic Brain Trust".PBS.Retrieved18 May2016.
- ^abBarsky, Yehudit (May 2003)."Hizballah"(PDF).The American Jewish Committee.Archived fromthe original(Terrorism Briefing)on 29 October 2013.Retrieved5 August2013.
- ^"Iran President Writes to American People".The Washington Post.29 November 2006.Retrieved25 February2011.
- ^Yaghoub Fazeli. (20 January 2020). "Iran's IRGC appoints new Quds Force deputy commander".Al Arabiya websiteRetrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^"Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations Identifications / IRGC Identifications".
- ^"Regulations".Official Journal of the European Union. 12 October 2011.
- ^(Commander-in-chief) Hejazi passed awaytasnimnews Retrieved 18 April 2021
- ^"Deputy commander of Iran's Quds Force Mohammad Hejazi dies".Al Arabiya.2021-04-18.Retrieved2021-04-19.
- ^"High-Ranking Iranian General Hejazi Dies at 65 | Voice of America - English".voanews.Retrieved2021-04-19.
- ^"Rumors Circulate on Real Cause of IRGC Deputy Commander's Death".
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