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Ahmad Vahidi
Ahmad Shahcheraghi (Persian: احمد شاهچراغی, born 27 June 1958), better known as Ahmad Vahidi (Persian: احمد وحیدی), is an Iranian military commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and former Iranian Minister of Interior from 2021 to 2024. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council. Interpol has issued a red notice for the his arrest in connection with the 1994 AMIA bombing.
In 1988, he was appointed commander of the extraterritorial special forces of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Quds Force, which specializes in unconventional warfare and military intelligence operations. He was the minister of defense under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from 3 September 2009 until 15 August 2013. Vahidi was president of the Supreme National Defense University from August 2016 to 2021.
Ahmad Shah Cheraghi was born on 27 June 1958 in Shiraz. He holds a bachelor's degree in electronics and a master's degree in industrial engineering. He acquired a doctorate in strategic studies from Imam Sadegh University.
Vahidi joined the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in 1979. He was made deputy to the then Revolutionary Guards commander Mohsen Rezaee for intelligence affairs in 1981. The same year, he was also named commander of the Balaal base. In 1983, he joined the Quds Force, a unit of the Revolutionary Guards that is responsible for operations outside of Iran, and which specializes in unconventional warfare and military intelligence operations. He holds the rank of brigadier general.
Vahidi was appointed deputy minister of defense in 2005 when Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar became minister of defense. He was in office until 2009. In August 2009, he was appointed minister of defense by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He received 79.3% of the votes of the members of the parliament. Vahidi's term ended on 15 August 2013 and Hossein Dehghan replaced him in the post.
He was appointed the temporary chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps following the death of Hossein Salami during the June 2025 Israeli strikes on Iran.
Vahidi has been wanted by Interpol since 2007 for his alleged participation in the bombing of the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 18 July 1994, in which 85 people were killed. Vahidi was serving as the commander of a special unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guard known as the Quds Force when the attack took place. He is one of five Iranians sought in the bombing. Iran denies that it was involved.
In June 2010, Vahidi was blacklisted by the U.S government. This measure aims to freeze the assets of proliferators of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and their supporters, thereby isolating them from the U.S. financial and commercial systems.
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Ahmad Vahidi
Ahmad Shahcheraghi (Persian: احمد شاهچراغی, born 27 June 1958), better known as Ahmad Vahidi (Persian: احمد وحیدی), is an Iranian military commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and former Iranian Minister of Interior from 2021 to 2024. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council. Interpol has issued a red notice for the his arrest in connection with the 1994 AMIA bombing.
In 1988, he was appointed commander of the extraterritorial special forces of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Quds Force, which specializes in unconventional warfare and military intelligence operations. He was the minister of defense under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from 3 September 2009 until 15 August 2013. Vahidi was president of the Supreme National Defense University from August 2016 to 2021.
Ahmad Shah Cheraghi was born on 27 June 1958 in Shiraz. He holds a bachelor's degree in electronics and a master's degree in industrial engineering. He acquired a doctorate in strategic studies from Imam Sadegh University.
Vahidi joined the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in 1979. He was made deputy to the then Revolutionary Guards commander Mohsen Rezaee for intelligence affairs in 1981. The same year, he was also named commander of the Balaal base. In 1983, he joined the Quds Force, a unit of the Revolutionary Guards that is responsible for operations outside of Iran, and which specializes in unconventional warfare and military intelligence operations. He holds the rank of brigadier general.
Vahidi was appointed deputy minister of defense in 2005 when Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar became minister of defense. He was in office until 2009. In August 2009, he was appointed minister of defense by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He received 79.3% of the votes of the members of the parliament. Vahidi's term ended on 15 August 2013 and Hossein Dehghan replaced him in the post.
He was appointed the temporary chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps following the death of Hossein Salami during the June 2025 Israeli strikes on Iran.
Vahidi has been wanted by Interpol since 2007 for his alleged participation in the bombing of the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 18 July 1994, in which 85 people were killed. Vahidi was serving as the commander of a special unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guard known as the Quds Force when the attack took place. He is one of five Iranians sought in the bombing. Iran denies that it was involved.
In June 2010, Vahidi was blacklisted by the U.S government. This measure aims to freeze the assets of proliferators of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and their supporters, thereby isolating them from the U.S. financial and commercial systems.