Mohsen Rezaee
Overview
Masjed Soleyman
Masjed Soleyman is a city in and the capital of Masjed Soleyman County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 106,121, in 22,393 families...
, Khuzestan), is an Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian politician
Politician
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, economist and former military commander, currently the Secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council
Expediency Discernment Council
The Expediency Discernment Council of the System is an administrative assembly appointed by the Supreme Leader and was created upon the revision to the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran on 6 February 1988...
of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Before that, Rezaee was the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Chief Commander for 16 years.
He ran as a conservative presidential candidate in the 2009 Iranian elections
Iranian presidential election, 2009
Iran's tenth presidential election was held on 12 June 2009, with incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad running against three challengers. The next morning the Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran's official news agency, announced that with two-thirds of the votes counted, Ahmadinejad had won the election...
, placing third with 1.7 percent of the vote behind winner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and reformist runner-up Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh is an Iranian reformist politician, artist and architect who served as the seventy-ninth and last Prime Minister of Iran from 1981 to 1989. He was a Reformist candidate for the 2009 presidential election and eventually the leader of the opposition in the post-election...
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While studying mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering
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at Iran University of Science and Technology
Iran University of Science and Technology
The Iran University of Science and Technology is a research institution and university of engineering and science in Iran, offering both undergraduate and postgraduate studies...
before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Rezaee switched to economics
Economics
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after the Iran–Iraq War, studying at Tehran University, where he continued until 2001, when he received his Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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in 2001.
He co-founded Imam Hossein University
Imam Hossein University
The Imam Hossein University is a public university of engineering, science, and military in Iran.The university was opened in1986. The university is one of the top ranking industrial universities in Iran. It is located in Tehran, Shahid Babaei Highway near Tehran Pars Fourth Square, and Hakimiyeh...
and currently teaches there.
Rezaee became Chief Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps in 1981, when he was only 27 years old, and remained in the post until 1997, when he left the military forces for the Expediency Discernment Council
Expediency Discernment Council
The Expediency Discernment Council of the System is an administrative assembly appointed by the Supreme Leader and was created upon the revision to the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran on 6 February 1988...
, where he became the Secretary and the Chair of the Commission for Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics
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and Commerce
Commerce
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In November 2006, Argentine Judge Rodolfo Canicoba Corral issued international arrest warrants for Rezaee, six other Iranians and one Lebanese in connection with the July 18, 1994, a suicide bombing of the Jewish cultural center in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
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, Argentina
Argentina
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, which resulted in the death of 85 people and serious injuries to 151.