Mohammad Forouzandeh

{{Short description|Iranian politician}}

{{Infobox military person

| honorific_prefix = Sardar

| name = Mohammad Forouzandeh

| image = Mohammad_Forouzandeh_2014-07-26.jpg

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| caption =

| branch = Revolutionary Guards{{cite web|title=The Rise of the Pasdaran|url=https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG821.pdf|publisher=RAND Corporation|accessdate=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|page=106}}
General Staff

| battles = Iran–Iraq War

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| office = Member of Expediency Discernment Council

| term_start = 27 February 2007

| term_end =

| appointer = Ali Khamenei

| 1blankname = Chairman

| 1namedata = Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting)
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Sadeq Larijani

|office1 = Head of Mostazafan Foundation

|appointer1 = Ali Khamenei

|term_start1 = 22 July 1999

|term_end1 = 22 July 2014

|predecessor1 = Mohsen Rafighdoost

|successor1 = Mohammad Saeedikia

|office2 = Minister of Defense

|term_start2 = 16 August 1993

|term_end2 = 20 August 1997

|president2 = Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

|predecessor2 = Akbar Torkan

|successor2 = Ali Shamkhani

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1960}}

| birth_place = Tehran, Iran

| death_date =

| death_place =

| alma_mater = University of Tehran

| nationality = Iranian

| party =

}}

}}

Mohammad Forouzandeh ({{langx|fa|محمد فروزنده}}) is an Iranian politician and security figure. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council.

He was the former head of the Bonyad-e Mostazafen va Janbazan (Foundation of the Oppressed and Disabled).[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iran/mjf.htm Bonyad-e Mostazafan van Janbazan: Oppressed and Disabled Veterans Foundation (MJF)GlobalSecurity.org] Page last modified: 10-07-2008. 15 March 2009 His tenure as head of the foundation began on December 3, 2004, and was renewed for another five years on December 2, 2009.[http://www.iran-daily.com/1384/2441/html/index.htm Bonyad Chief Reinstated] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505023327/http://www.iran-daily.com/1384/2441/html/index.htm |date=2009-05-05 }} Iran Daily, December 3, 2005. He resigned from his post on July 22, 2014, and was replaced by Mohammad Saeedikia. He served as chief of staff of the Revolutionary Guard from late 1987 to 1989{{citation|title=Iran Strengthens Guards with Leader Reshuffle|journal=Jane's Defence Weekly|page=703|volume=12|year=1989|author=James Bruce}} and later as Defense Minister of Iran.[http://www.ecssr.ac.ae/CDA/en/FeaturedTopics/DisplayTopic/0,1670,502-98-43,00.html Katzman, Kenneth. "Iran’s Bonyads: Economic Strengths and Weaknesses". 6 August 2006] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025143414/http://www.ecssr.ac.ae/CDA/en/FeaturedTopics/DisplayTopic/0%2C1670%2C502-98-43%2C00.html |date=25 October 2008 }} accessed 15-May-2009