Mohammad-Ali Rahmani
Appearance
Mohammad-Ali Rahmani | |
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Personal details | |
Nationality | Iranian |
Political party | Association of Combatant Clerics[1] |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Iran |
Branch/service | Revolutionary Guards Law Enforcement |
Years of service | 1984–1990; 1991–2005 |
Commands | Basij Ideological−Political Organization |
Battles/wars | Iran–Iraq War |
Mohammad-Ali Rahmani (Persian: محمدعلی رحمانی) is an Iranian Shi'a cleric and politician. He was appointed as head of Basij on 16 February 1984 by Mohsen Rezaei[2] and served in the capacity until January 1990.[1]
References
- ^ a b Golkar, Saeid (2015). Captive Society: The Basij Militia and Social Control in Iran. Washington D.C.: Columbia University Press. pp. 15, 18.
- ^ Nikola B. Schahgaldian, Gina Barkhordarian (March 1987), The Iranian Military Under the Islamic Republic (PDF), RAND, ISBN 0-8330-0777-7, retrieved 15 January 2017