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Mohammad-Ali Rahmani

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Mohammad-Ali Rahmani
Personal details
NationalityIranian
Political partyAssociation of Combatant Clerics[1]
Military service
Allegiance Iran
Branch/serviceRevolutionary Guards
Law Enforcement
Years of service1984–1990; 1991–2005
CommandsBasij
Ideological−Political Organization
Battles/warsIran–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

  1. ^ a b Golkar, Saeid (2015). Captive Society: The Basij Militia and Social Control in Iran. Washington D.C.: Columbia University Press. pp. 15, 18.
  2. ^ 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