Ahmad Vahidi
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 65 |
Date of birth | June 27,1958 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | Shiraz |
Iran | |
Rank | Brigadier general |
Service/branch | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps |
Allegiance | Iran |
Command | Quds Force |
Nationality | Iranian |
Previous position | Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics of Iran (2009–2013) |
Position | Minister of Interior of Iran |
Minister of Interior of Iran since 2021 | |
Education | Imam Sadiq University |
Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) | |
Electrical Engineering Department | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 945181 |
Ahmad Vahidi Life story
Ahmad Vahidi is an Iranian military commander of the Revolutionary Guards and current Minister of Interior since August 25, 2021. In addition, he is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council. In 1988, he was appointed as the commander of its extraterritorial special forces, Quds Force.
Iran: Suspected school poisonings unforgivable crime, Khamenei says
... On Saturday, Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said that investigators had gathered " suspicious samples" at affected schools, but provided no details...
Iran: Dozens of schoolgirls taken to hospital after new gas poisonings
... Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi, who has been tasked by the president with finding the " root cause" of the poisonings, on Wednesday dismissed as " false" a report by Fars news agency that three people had been arrested...
Iran protests: Alarm at crackdown by security forces in Kurdish city
... During a visit to the city on Tuesday, Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi blamed " counter-revolutionary terrorist" groups for the " riots" and vowed that security forces would continue to respond with an iron hand, state media said...
Iran protests: Raisi to 'deal decisively' with widespread unrest
... And while Mr Raisi says her death will be investigated, his Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has insisted that Ms Amini had not been beaten...
Iran protests: Alarm at crackdown by security forces in Kurdish city
By David GrittenBBC News
Human Rights activists have expressed alarm at a crackdown on protests in a Kurdish-populated city in western Iran .
Amnesty International said there were reports that security forces had used firearms indiscriminately in Sanandaj.
Kurdish group Hengaw posted a video which it said showed police shooting at homes in The City and another in which gunfire and cries could be heard.
It reported that at least five civilians had been killed and 400 injured across the region since Sunday.
But it warned that the Death Toll might be higher because authorities were disrupting local internet and mobile networks.
Protests against the clerical establishment have swept across Iran since the Death three weeks ago of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish woman from the Western City of Saqqez who fell into a coma after being detained by morality police in Tehran for allegedly violating the strict hijab law.
The unrest is now considered The Most serious challenge to the Islamic Republic since its inception in 1979.
Iran 's leaders have accused foreign enemies and exiled opposition groups of fomenting " riots" that they will not tolerate.
, with Sanandaj the epicentre of the unrest and The Crackdown by authorities.
The Norway-based group posted videos which it said showed intense clashes between protesters and security forces in The City on Monday night. Repeated gunfire can be heard in the footage, as well as cries and shouts.
The Bbc is not responsible for the content of external sites.According to Hengaw, other footage showed, and security personnel shooting directly towards homes.
The Bbc is not responsible for the content of external sites.Videos of ongoing demonstrations by schoolgirls in Sanandaj and elsewhere in the region were also posted online.
In one, and shouting " woman, life, freedom" which is the main slogan of protests triggered by Mahsa Amini's Death .
- a reference to the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei .
During a visit to The City on Tuesday , Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi blamed " counter-revolutionary terrorist" groups for the " riots" and vowed that security forces would continue to respond with an iron hand, state media said.
At least 185 people, including 19 children, have been killed by security forces since the protests erupted on 17 September,
The government has denied killing protesters and said that More Than 20 security personnel have died.
Thousands of people have also reportedly been arrested in The Crackdown .
They include The Daughter of late former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Faezeh Hashemi, who the judiciary said on Tuesday had been charged with " disruption of Public Order and propaganda against the Islamic Republic " according to AFP news agency.
In another development, protests by workers in Iran 's vital oil and gas industry reportedly widened on Tuesday .
Iran 's oldest and largest in terms of output.
" This is The Beginning of The Road and we continue our protests Every Day , together with people all over the country, "
However, state media denied the reports of a strike.
On Monday, dozens of employees blocked roads outside the Assaluyeh petrochemical complex in Bushehr province and shouted: " Do not fear, we stand together. " A regional official insisted it was related to a wages dispute.
Source of news: bbc.com