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Ahmad Vahidi

Description

The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

Positions

  • Brigadier-General Ahmad Vahidi has been a prominent member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) since 1979. He was appointed as Deputy Chief for Intelligence in 1981, played a role in organising the Ministry of Intelligence, became the first commander of the IRGC Quds Force in 1988 and was in charge of the IRGC Intelligence Unit.
  • defence minister (2009-2013)
  • Member of Expediency Council; former Minister of Interior
  • interior minister (2021-2024)
  • Brigadier General
  • Membre du Conseil du discernement du bien de l'ordre islamique
  • Grade : général de brigade
  • Ancien ministre de l'intérieur
  • Minister of Interior
  • Former Minister of Defence
  • Général de brigade
  • Head of State Security Council
  • Since 25 August 2021, Minister of Interior. Former President of the Supreme National Defence University and former Minister of MODAFL.

Details

Sanctions ID: Q48761
Title: Ahmad Vahidi
Gender: male
Birth Date: 1958-07-27
Nationality: ir
Birth Place: Shiraz, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)
Education: N/A
Created At: 2008-06-24
Country: ir
First Seen: 2023-04-20
Last Seen: 2023-04-20
Sanctioned by U.S.: Sanctioned
Sanctioned by EU: 2008-06-23
Sanctioned by U.K.: 2020-12-31
Sanctioned by Canada: Sanctioned
Sanctioned by Australia: 2024-01-12