Mousa Refan

Born in 1958 in Kazerun, Fars Province, Refan obtained his BS in electrical engineering from University of Tehran.{{cite web|url=http://isna.ir/fa/news/91120603639/%D9%87%D9%81%D8%AA-%D9%85%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B3-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A8-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%87%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85-%DA%86%D9%87|title=هفت مهندس برجسته منتخب فرهنگستان علوم چه کسانی هستند؟ - ایسنا|date=24 February 2013 |publisher=isna.ir|accessdate=2016-07-22}}

Refan was one of the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line taking over the U.S. embassy in 1979, who entered Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and reached at top of its command hierarchy.{{citation|title=Iran preserves the ethos of the takeover of the US embassy in Tehran by militant students in 1979|chapter=Appendix D: Noted Iranians who were involved in the takeover of the US embassy in 1979|publisher=Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center|chapter-url=https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/Data/pdf/PDF_07_088_2.pdf|date=14 May 2007}}{{Citation|first1=Bayram|last1=Sinkaya|title=The Revolutionary Guards in Iranian Politics: Elites and Shifting Relations|publisher=Routledge|year=2015|pages=96|isbn=9781317525646|volume=25|series=Iranian Studies}} He was founder and the first commander of the IRGC's Air Force.{{citation|author= Kenneth Katzman|title=The Pasdaran: Institutionalization of Revolutionary Armed Force|journal=Iranian Studies|publisher=International Society for Iranian Studies|volume=26|number=3–4|date=1993|pages=389–402|doi=10.1080/00210869308701809|jstor=4310864}}{{citation|title=Directory of Iranian officials: a reference aid|publisher=Directorate of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency|year=1988|url=https://archive.org/stream/directoryofirani1988wash/directoryofirani1988wash_djvu.txt}} Refan wanted to transform the military branch into a major aerial warfare force parallel to the regular air force. He resigned in 1990, reportedly due to what he deemed lack of sufficient support from IRGC leadership, according to Jamal S. Suwaidi.{{citation|title=Iran and the Gulf: A Search for Stability|author=Jamal S. Suwaidi|year=1996|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=9781860641442|page=205}}

Following departure from the IRGC, Refan entered MAPNA Group.{{citation|title=Zarrab connections|author=Tolga Tanış|publisher=Hürriyet|date=28 March 2016|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/opinion/tolga-tanis/zarrab-connections--96980}} He was manager and director of management committee of MAPNA for 17 years from its establishment to 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.boursenews.ir/fa/pages/?cid=28018|title=موسی و عیسی رفتند !!!|publisher=boursenews.ir|accessdate=2016-07-22|archive-date=2016-08-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815221413/http://www.boursenews.ir/fa/pages/?cid=28018|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.payvand.com/news/06/nov/1169.html|title=Iran-Germany sign 450 million Euros locomotive contract|work=Payvand|accessdate=2016-07-22|archive-date=2016-09-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915010824/http://www.payvand.com/news/06/nov/1169.html|url-status=dead}}

According to the Israeli institute Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, Refan is regarded a conservative figure within Iranian political spectrum.

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{{s-ttl|title=Chief Executive Officer of MAPNA Group|years=1992–2009}}

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{{s-ttl|title=Commander of the Air Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps|years=1985–1990}}

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Category:Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line

Category:Iranian electrical engineers

Category:People from Kazerun

Category:1958 births

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Category:Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel of the Iran–Iraq War

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