Morteza Rezaee

Sardar
Morteza Rezaee
مرتضی رضایی
Rezaee in 2014
Chairman of the IRGC Cooperation Bonyad
In office
2007–2013
PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad
Supreme LeaderAli Khamenei
Preceded byAli Akbar Ahmadian
Succeeded byJamaladdin Aberoumand
Adviser to the Commander-in-Chief of the IRGC for Security and Economic Affairs
In office
2008–?
PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad
Supreme LeaderAli Khamenei
Preceded by?
Succeeded by?
Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
In office
30 April 2006 – 22 May 2008
PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad
Supreme LeaderAli Khamenei
Preceded byMohammad Bagher Zolghadr
Succeeded byMohammad Hejazi
Director of IRGC Intelligence Protection Organization
In office
6 March 1994 – 6 May 2006
PresidentAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Mohammad Khatami
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Supreme LeaderAli Khamenei
Preceded byAli Saeedi Shahroudi
Succeeded byGholam-Hossein Ramezani
Commander of Ramadan Headquarters
In office
1983–1985
PresidentAli Khamenei
Prime MinisterMir-Hossein Mousavi
Supreme LeaderRuhollah Khomeini
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byMohammad Bagher Zolghadr
2nd Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
In office
22 July 1980 – 20 September 1981
PresidentAbolhassan Banisadr
Interim Presidential Council
Mohammad-Ali Rajai
Interim Presidential Council
Ali Khamenei
Prime MinisterMir-Hossein Mousavi
Supreme LeaderRuhollah Khomeini
Preceded byAbbas Aghazamani
Succeeded byMohsen Rezaee
Military service
Allegiance Iran
Branch/service IRGC
Years of service
1979–2013
Rank Brigadier General
Battles/warsIran–Iraq War

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 from 1983 to 1985.[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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