Sardar

Alireza Afshar
Bornc. 1951 (age 71–72)[1]
Mashhad, Iran[1]
AllegianceIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Years of service1982–2007
RankBrigadier general
Commands heldBasij[2]
IRGC General Staff[3]
Awards Order of Nasr (1st class)[4]

Alireza Afshar (Persian: علیرضا افشار) is an Iranian military officer. He served as the political deputy to the Minister of Interior, being appointed in August 2007.[5] In this capacity, he served as head of Country's Election Headquarters during 2008 Iranian legislative election.[2]

He was formerly spokesman of Iranian Armed Forces.[5]

He was a member of the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization in the 1980s, and belonged to its right-wing faction.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Biography: Alireza Afshar", Hamshahri (in Persian), 26 August 2007, 29899, retrieved 1 June 2017
  2. 1 2 Frederic Wehrey; Jerrold D Green; Brian Nichiporuk; Alireza Nader; Lydia Hansell (31 December 2008). The Rise of the Pasdaran: Assessing the Domestic Roles of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. Rand Corporation. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8330-4680-2. Archived from the original on August 6, 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  3. ↑ Katzman, Kenneth (September 1993). "The Pasdaran: institutionalization of revolutionary armed force". Iranian Studies. 26 (3–4): 389–402. doi:10.1080/00210869308701809.
  4. ↑ "‌اعطای نشان‌ درجه‌ یک نصر به‌ جمعی از فرماندهان‌ دفاع‌ مقدس" (in Persian). Office of the Supreme Leader. 22 May 2000. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Iranian General Replaces Ahmadinejad Aide In Key Post". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 26 August 2007. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  6. ↑ Muhammad Sahimi (12 May 2009). "The Political Groups". Tehran Bureau. PBS. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
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