Alireza Afshar

Alireza Afshar
علیرضا افشار
Afshar in 2021
Vice Minister of Interior for Political Affairs
In office
25 August 2007 – 27 September 2008
PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad
Supreme LeaderAli Khamenei
Preceded byMojtaba Samareh Hashemi
Succeeded byKamran Daneshjoo
Chancellor of Imam Hossein University
In office
1998–2000
PresidentAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Supreme LeaderAli Khamenei
Preceded byAlireza Andalib
Succeeded byAhmad Fazaeli
4th Commander of the Basij[1]
In office
1990–1998
PresidentAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Mohammad Khatami
Supreme LeaderAli Khamenei
Preceded byMohammad-Ali Rahmani
Succeeded byMohammad Hejazi
Chief of the General Staff of the IRGC[2]
In office
1984–1987
PresidentAli Khamenei
Prime MinisterMir-Hossein Mousavi
Supreme LeaderRuhollah Khomeini
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byMohammad Forouzandeh
Personal details
Born1951 (1951)
Mashhad, Pahlavi Iran
Died (aged 74)
Tehran, Iran
Awards
 Order of Nasr (1st class)[3]
Military service
AllegianceIran Iran
Branch/serviceIRGC
Years of service
1982–2007
Rank Brigadier General
Battles/warsIran–Iraq War
KDPI insurgency (1989–1996)

Alireza Afshar (Persian: علیرضا افشار; 1951 – 16 October 2025) was an Iranian military officer. He served as the political deputy to the Minister of Interior, being appointed in August 2007.[4] In this capacity, he served as head of Country's Election Headquarters during 2008 Iranian legislative election.[1]

Afshar was born in Mashhad, Iran in 1951.[5] He was spokesman of Iranian Armed Forces.[4] Afshar was also a member of the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization in the 1980s, and belonged to its right-wing faction.[6]

Afshar died from heart disease on 16 October 2025, at the age of 74.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Frederic Wehrey; Jerrold D Green; Brian Nichiporuk; Alireza Nader; Lydia Hansell (31 December 2008). The Rise of the Pasdaran: Assessing the Domestic Roles of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. Rand Corporation. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8330-4680-2. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Katzman, Kenneth (September 1993). "The Pasdaran: institutionalization of revolutionary armed force". Iranian Studies. 26 (3–4): 389–402. doi:10.1080/00210869308701809.
  3. ↑ "‌اعطای نشان‌ درجه‌ یک نصر به‌ جمعی از فرماندهان‌ دفاع‌ مقدس" (in Persian). Office of the Supreme Leader. 22 May 2000. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Iranian General Replaces Ahmadinejad Aide In Key Post". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 26 August 2007. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Biography: Alireza Afshar", Hamshahri (in Persian), 26 August 2007, 29899, retrieved 1 June 2017
  6. ↑ Muhammad Sahimi (12 May 2009). "The Political Groups". Tehran Bureau. PBS. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Former IRGC commander Alireza Afshar dies from heart complications". Caliber. 16 October 2025. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
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