Mohsen Rezaee

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Mohsen Rezaee
September 1954
Mohsen Rezaee lecturing at Sharif University for presidential campaign
Place of birth	Masjed Soleyman, Kouzestan Iran
Allegiance	AGIR
Years of service	1981 - 1997
Commands held	AGIR Chief Commander
Battles/wars	Iran-Iraq War
Other work	Secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council of the IRI

Mohsen Rezaee (also spelt Mohsen Rezai^[1], Persian: محسن رضائی, born Sabzevar Rezaee Mirgha'ed in 1954, Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan), is an Iranian politician and former military commander, currently the Secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council of the IRI. Before that, Rezaee was the AGIR Chief Commander for 16 years.

He is currently on the official Wanted list of Interpol, for allegations of "crimes against life and health, hooliganism, vandalism and damage" related to 1994 AMIA bombing case.^[2]^[3]

1 AGIR career
2 Alleged involvement in 1994 AMIA bombing
3 Presidential campaign
4 Education
5 Personal life
6 References & notes
7 External links

[edit] AGIR career

Rezaee became Chief Commander of the AGIR 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, where he became the Secretary and the Chair of the Commission for Macroeconomics and Commerce.

[edit] Alleged involvement in 1994 AMIA bombing

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, Argentina, which resulted in the murder of 85 people and serious injuries to 151.^[1]

The attack on the Jewish cultural center came two years after the 1992 terrorist bombing of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires. In 1998, Rezaee's son, Ahmad Rezaee, defected to the United States, where he told officials that the attack on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires was planned in Tehran. The son told U.S. authorities that he had accompanied his father to Lebanon to witness the training.^[1]

[edit] Presidential campaign

Rezaee was a candidate of the Iranian presidential election of 2005, but withdrew on June 15, 2005, only two days before the election. Rezaee mentioned he is withdrawing from the race for "the integraton of the votes of the nation" and "their effectiveness". He did not endorse any candidate.^[4]

[edit] Education

While studying mechanical engineering in Iran University of Science and Technology before the 1979 Islamic Revoloution, Rezaee switched to economics after the war, studying in Tehran University, which he continued until receiving his Ph.D. in 2001.

He currently teaches at Imam Hossein University, which he helped to found.

[edit] Personal life

Rezaee has five children, two sons and three daughters. One of his sons, Ahmad Rezaee, has migrated to the United States, has spoken against the policies of the Iranian Islamic government, and accused his father and others of supporting terrorist acts. He reportedly has since returned to Iran.^[1]