Hossein Nejat
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| Birth name | Mohammad-Hossein Zibayinejad[1] |
| Nickname | Hossein Nejat[1] |
| Allegiance | Iran |
| Branch | Revolutionary Guards |
| Service years | 1981–present |
| Rank | Brigadier general[2] |
| Conflicts | Iran–Iraq War |
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Mohammad-Hossein Zibayinejad (Persian: محمدحسین زیبایینژاد), also known as Hossein Nejat (Persian: حسین نجات), is an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander who was served as the deputy for its Intelligence Organization.[2]
Career
[edit | edit source]Following the Iranian Revolution, he joined the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization, having previously been a member of Mansouroun guerrilla organization along with later fellow IRGC servicemen Rezaei, Shamkhani, Zolghadr and Rashid.[3] In 1981, he was given the responsibility of protecting the officials. In 2000, he became the commander of the Vali Amr corps, which is a protective security unit for the Supreme Leader of Iran, and served in that capacity for ten years; he reportedly had a key role during the 2009 Iranian presidential election protests.[1] He later served as the IRGC deputy for cultural and social affairs, he was later replaced by Mohammad Reza Naqdi in late 2016.[2]
References
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