Mohammad Sohrabi

Timsar
Mohammad Sohrabi
محمد سهرابی
Chief of the Iranian Police
In office
1 April 1991 – 24 September 1992
Appointed byAli Khamenei
PresidentAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Supreme LeaderAli Khamenei
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byReza Seifollahi
Chief of the Gendarmerie of the Islamic Republic of Iran
In office
9 February 1985 – 1 April 1991
Appointed byRuhollah Khomeini
PresidentAli Khamenei
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Prime MinisterMir-Hossein Mousavi
Supreme LeaderRuhollah Khomeini
Ali Khamenei
Preceded byColonel Rafiei Basiri
Succeeded byOffice Abolished
Personal details
Born1940 (age 85–86)
Tabas, Khorasan, Iran
Alma materOfficers' Academy
Military service
AllegiancePahlavi Iran Pahlavi Iran (1962–1979)
Iran Iran (1979–1992)
Branch/serviceGendarmerie
Years of service
1962–1992
Rank Brigadier General
Battles/warsIran–Iraq War

Mohammad Sohrabi (Persian: محمد سهرابی) is an Iranian retired gendarme who held office as the last chief of the Iranian Gendarmerie from 1985 to 1991. He also served as the first chief of the unified Law Enforcement Force from 1991 to 1992.

Early life and education

Sohrabi was born in 1940, in Tabas.[1] He was graduated from the military academy of Imperial Iranian Army.[1]

Career

Following the Iranian Revolution, Sohrabi was appointed the chief of gendarmerie forces of Gilan Province in February 1979.[1] On 9 February 1985, he became the national chief of gendarmerie.[1] He was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in 1987.[2] Sohrabi continued to serve in the capacity until 1 April 1991, when the forces were formally merged into the Law Enforcement Force, the unified police force in the country.[3] He was responsible for supervising the merger process involving Shahrbani and Revolutionary Committees in addition to his own service, and was subsequently appointed the chief of the newly-formed police forces.[1] Sohrabi was replaced on 24 September 1992 and became retired.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Boroujerdi, Mehrzad; Rahimkhani, Kourosh (2018). Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook. Syracuse University Press. p. 753. ISBN 9780815654322.
  2. ↑ Metz, Helen C. (1989). Iran: A Country Study. Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. p. 290. ISBN 9780160017292.
  3. ↑ Faruqi, Anwar (1 April 1991), "Iran Forms New Police Force to Replace Feared Komiteh", The Associated Press
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