Morteza Rezaee (Persian: مرتضی رضایی) is a retired Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) brigadier general who served as the second commander-in-chief of the IRGC from 1980 to 1981.[1] He later headed the IRGC Intelligence Protection Organization and served as deputy commander-in-chief of the IRGC.[2]

Career

Rezaee joined the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in 1979, shortly after the Iranian Revolution.[3] Following the resignation of Abbas Aghazamani, he was appointed the second commander-in-chief of the IRGC, a post he held from 22 July 1980 to 20 September 1981, when he was succeeded by Mohsen Rezaee.[1] During the Iran–Iraq War he commanded the Ramadan Headquarters [fa] from 1983 to 1984.[4]

In 1994 he was appointed head of the Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a position he held for more than a decade until 2006.[5] He subsequently served as deputy commander-in-chief of the IRGC from 2006 to 2008;[6] he was named in this capacity, with the rank of brigadier general, in the annex to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1747 (2007).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Forozan, Hesam (2015). The Military in Post-Revolutionary Iran: The Evolution and Roles of the Revolutionary Guards. Routledge. Table 2.1: Commander-in-Chief of the Sepah Since 1979, p. 59. ISBN 9781317430742.
  2. 1 2 "Resolution 1747 (2007)". United Nations Security Council. 24 March 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  3. ↑ مرتضی رضایی؛ فرمانده دیروز سپاه. Al Arabiya (in Persian). 12 June 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  4. ↑ سردار پرده‌نشین سپاه؛ از فعالیت‌های اقتصادی مرتضی رضایی چه می‌دانیم؟ [The IRGC's veiled commander]. IranWire (in Persian). Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  5. ↑ انتصاب ریاست سازمان حفاظت و اطلاعات سپاه [Appointment as head of the IRGC Intelligence Protection Organization] (in Persian). Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran. 7 March 1994. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  6. ↑ مرتضی رضایی به جانشینی فرمانده کل سپاه پاسداران منصوب شد [Morteza Rezaee appointed deputy commander-in-chief of the IRGC]. Radio Farda (in Persian). 1 May 2006. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
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