Mohammad Hossein-Zadeh Hejazi (, 20 January 1956 – 18 April 2021) was an Iranian Brigadier General in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He served as Deputy Commander in Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from 2008 to 2009 under the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Hejazi previously served as the commnder of the Basij from 1998 to 2007.
Early life and education Hejazi was born in Isfahan in 1956. He attended the University of Tehran.
Career Hejazi became a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in May 1979. He served as the intelligence and security advisor to the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. He was a former commander of Basij, the auxiliary paramilitary branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. On 3 January 2020, he became the Deputy Commander of the Quds Force, by decree of the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.
Allegations It is alleged by the American Jewish Committee that Hejazi, while serving as an advisor to Khamanei, attended a meeting in August 1993 to plan the AMIA bombing in Argentina along with Khamanei, Rafsanjani, then president, Ali Fallahian, then intelligence minister, and Ali Akbar Velayati, then foreign minister.
The subject was the deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in 2008 and the commander of Thar-Allah Headquarters whose units were central to the government efforts to combat the 2009 Iranian presidential election protests.Yaghoub Fazeli. (20 January 2020). "Iran's IRGC appoints new Quds Force deputy commander". Al Arabiya website Retrieved 3 February 2020.
Sanctions In 2010, the United States Department of State had placed Hejazi on its sanctions list. Similarly, the European Union also sanctioned him in October 2011 for playing a "central role in the post-election crackdown."
Death Hejazi died on 18 April 2021. His death was initially announced as being due to a heart condition, although later reports suggested that he died from complications of a chemical weapons injury he had sustained during the Iran–Iraq War.Iran's Guards Offer Contradictory Reasons For Death Of Key General, iranintl.com. Accessed 10 April 2026.(Commander-in-chief) Hejazi passed away tasnimnews.com Retrieved 18 April 2021
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