Hossein Dehghan

Dehghani was born in a village near Shahreza, called Pudeh, Dehaqan County, Isfahan province, in 1957.[http://www.dolat.ir/NSite/FullStory/News/?Serv=6&Id=230015 Biography of Hossein Dehghani] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226020522/http://www.dolat.ir/NSite/FullStory/News/?Serv=6&Id=230015 |date=26 December 2013 }}, Iranian government official website{{cite web|title=Who is Hossein Dehghani, Hassan Rouhani's choice for defense minister|url=http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/ncri-statements/terrorism-fundamentalism/14344-who-is-hossein-dehghan-hassan-rouhani-s-choice-for-defense-minister|work=NCRI|access-date=13 August 2013|date=13 August 2013}} He received a PhD in management from the University of Tehran.{{cite web|title=President Hassan Rouhani's pragmatic conservative, security-intelligence-oriented Cabinet nominations|url=http://www.iranpolitik.com/2013/08/06/analysis/president-hassan-rouhanis-cabinet/|work=Iran Politik|access-date=13 August 2013|date=6 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021044302/http://www.iranpolitik.com/2013/08/06/analysis/president-hassan-rouhanis-cabinet/|archive-date=21 October 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Key figures in Iran's new government|url=http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-08-15/key-figures-in-irans-new-government|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130815204236/http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-08-15/key-figures-in-irans-new-government|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 August 2013|access-date=15 August 2013|publisher=Bloomberg|date=15 August 2013}}

Dehghani served as a commander in the Iranian Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and in its air force.{{cite news|title=Former IRGCAF commander: I'm Rouhani's choice for DM|url=http://www.irandailybrief.com/2013/08/01/former-irgcaf-commander-im-rouhanis-choice-for-dm/|access-date=5 August 2013|work=Iran Daily Brief|date=1 August 2013|archive-date=18 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818104108/http://www.irandailybrief.com/2013/08/01/former-irgcaf-commander-im-rouhanis-choice-for-dm/|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last=Karimi|first=Nasser|title=Hasan Rouhani, Iran's new president, calls for 'lessening of hostilities'|url=http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/08/04/hasan-rouhani-irans-new-president-calls-for-lessening-of-hostilities/|access-date=5 August 2013|work=MSNBC|date=4 August 2013|agency=Associated Press|location=Tehran}} He left his hometown for Tehran and joined the IRGC shortly after the Iranian revolution in 1979.{{cite web|last=Shapira|first=Shimon|title=Iran's New Defense Minister: Behind the 1983 Attack on the U.S. Marine Corps Barracks in Beirut|url=http://jcpa.org/irans-new-defense-minister-behind-the-1983-attack-on-the-u-s-marine-corps-barracks-in-beirut/|work=Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs|access-date=13 August 2013|date=11 August 2013}} His posts at the IRGC include commander of IRGC of Tehran (1980–1982), Isfahan, and Syria and Lebanon (1982–1983), and general manager of the IRGC's Cooperatives Foundation (1996).

During the Iran-Iraq war, he was among the leading and decision-making commanders of the IRGC along with Mohsen Rezaee, Rahim Safavi and Ali Shamkhani.{{cite web|title=The Islamic Republic's 13 generals|url=http://iranbriefing.net/?p=4154|work=Iran Briefing|access-date=13 August 2013|date=3 February 2011}} In Syria and Lebanon he was the commander of the training corps of the IRGC. He was named the IRGC's air force deputy commander in 1986 and became its commander in April 1990.{{cite web|last=Cordesman|first=Anthony H.|title=Iran's Military Forces: 1988-1993|url=http://csis.org/files/media/csis/pubs/iranmiltrend88-93.pdf|publisher=Center for Strategic and International Studies|access-date=17 February 2013|date=September 1994|archive-date=20 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020131832/http://csis.org/files/media/csis/pubs/iranmiltrend88-93.pdf|url-status=dead}} His tenure lasted until 1992. He was replaced by Mohammad Hossein Jalali in the post. Dehghani was named deputy chief of the IRGC Joint Staff in 1992. He later was promoted to the rank of brigadier general.

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Next he served as deputy to the then defense minister, Ali Shamkhani, during the presidency of Mohammad Khatami from 1997 to 2003.{{cite news|title=Russian Deputy Defense Minister arrives in Iran|url=http://www.albawaba.com/news/russian-deputy-defense-minister-arrives-iran|access-date=5 August 2013|work=Albawaba|date=24 June 2002}}{{cite news|title=Rouhani's proposed cabinet line-up|url=http://www.iran-daily.com/1392/5/15/MainPaper/4601/Page/3/Index.htm#|access-date=16 August 2013|work=Iran Daily|date=6 August 2013}} In 2003, he held the post of acting defense minister.{{cite news|title=Iran Military to Upgrade Its Shahab-3 Missiles|url=http://stage.arabnews.com/node/241649|access-date=5 August 2013|newspaper=Arab News|date=16 December 2003|agency=Reuters|location=Tehran|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130805071343/http://stage.arabnews.com/node/241649|archive-date=5 August 2013}} He was made Vice President of Iran and head of the martyrs foundation, "Bonyad Shahid", in 2005 and served as its president until July 2009.[http://www.hamshahrionline.ir/details/227157/Defence/security Biography of Hossein Dehghan] Hamshahri{{cite book|author1=Frederic Wehrey|author2=Jerrold D Green|author3=Brian Nichiporuk|author4=Alireza Nader |author5=Lydia Hansell|title=The Rise of the Pasdaran: Assessing the Domestic Roles of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps|url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA492568.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806114903/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA492568&Location=U|url-status=live|archive-date=6 August 2013|access-date=5 August 2013|date=31 December 2008|publisher=Rand Corporation|isbn=978-0-8330-4680-2|page=59}}[http://www.magiran.com/official/shahed/view.asp?ID=153590 Appointment of Hossein Dehghan as Vice President of Iran by Mohammad Khatami] Hamshahri In addition, he served as an advisor to the former President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad.{{cite web|title=The Rise of the Pasdaran|url=https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG821.pdf|work=RAND Corporation|access-date=20 August 2013|author=Frederic Wehrey|author2=Jerrold D. Green |author3=Brian Nichiporuk |author4=Alireza Nader |author5=Lydia Hansell |author6=Rasool Nafisi|author7=S. R. Bohandy|year=2009}} From 2009 to 2010 he was the deputy to Ali Shamkhani in the Armed Forces Strategic Studies Center. Then he was appointed secretary of the Expediency Council's political, defense and security committee in 2010. He also served as an advisor to Speaker of Parliament Ali Larijani and Tehran Mayor Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf. However, Dehghani distanced himself from Ahmedinejad in 2012 and joined Moderation and Development Party led by Hassan Rouhani.{{cite news|author=Will Fulton|title=Rouhani's Cautious Pick For Defense Minister|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/08/rouhanis-cautious-pick-for-defense-minister.html|access-date=11 August 2013|work=Al Monitor|date=7 August 2013}}

He was nominated to head the defense ministry on 4 August 2013.{{cite news|author=Soraya Lennie|title=Iran's revival of the moderates|url=http://blogs.aljazeera.com/blog/middle-east/irans-revival-moderates|access-date=5 August 2013|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=4 August 2013}} He was approved by the Majlis and replaced Ahmad Vahidi in the post. Dehghani received 269 votes in favor and 10 votes against.{{cite news|title=Iranian Parliament Gives Vote of Confidence to Majority of Rouhani's Proposed Ministers|url=http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13920524000980|access-date=15 August 2013|work=Fars News|date=15 August 2013}} Former Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi was named as Dehghani's advisor on 22 August.{{cite news|title=Ex-Iranian Oil Minister Qasemi appointed advisor to Defense Minister|url=http://ilna.ir/en/news/news.cfm?id=1195|access-date=13 September 2013|work=ILNA|date=22 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016045409/http://ilna.ir/en/news/news.cfm?id=1195|archive-date=16 October 2013|url-status=dead}} On 1 August 2017, Dehghani announced that he would leave the defense ministry after the end of the first Rouhani government. He currently serves as an advisor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.{{cite news |quote=Hossein Dehghan, a former defence minister and now an adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said in a recent interview with the semi-official Tasnim news agency. |work=Reuters|url=https://in.reuters.com/article/iran-iraq-islamic-state/islamic-state-threatens-iran-from-tora-bora-borderlands-idINKBN1FP1G6 |title=Islamic State threatens Iran from "Tora Bora" borderlands |date=5 February 2018 |first=Babak |last=Dehghanpisheh |editor-first=Sonya |editor-last=Hepinstall |access-date=5 February 2018 |archive-date=10 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710031533/https://in.reuters.com/article/iran-iraq-islamic-state/islamic-state-threatens-iran-from-tora-bora-borderlands-idINKBN1FP1G6 |url-status=dead }}

He has announced that he will be running in the 2021 Iranian presidential election.{{Cite web|url=https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/hossein-dehghan-and-other-military-vets-vie-for-irans-presidency/|title=Hossein Dehghan and other military vets vie for Iran's presidency|date=7 October 2020}}

In November 2019, Dehghan was among many Iranian officials placed under the sanctions list by the United States Department of State due to his involvement as an IRGC commander in the 1983 Beirut barracks bombings which alleged Hezbollah militants killed 241 American soldiers.{{Cite web|url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm824|title = Treasury Designates Supreme Leader of Iran's Inner Circle Responsible for Advancing Regime's Domestic and Foreign Oppression}}

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