Mohammad-Reza Rahimi (military officer)

Mohammad-Reza Rahimi (Persian: محمدرضا رحيمی) is an Iranian military officer who served as the acting Minister of Defense from 16 August 1984 to 22 October 1985, having previously held office as the deputy to Iran's ministry of defense from January 1983 to August 1984.[2] He was a colonel at the time appointed to the office.[2]


Mohammad-Reza Rahimi
AllegianceIran
Service/branchArmy
RankBrigadier general[1]
Battles/warsIran–Iraq War
Awards Order of Nasr
Acting Minister of Defense
In office
21 October 1984 – 28 October 1985
Prime MinisterMir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded byMir-Hossein Mousavi (acting)
Succeeded byMohammad Hossein Jalali

References edit

  1. ^ Directory of Iranian Officials: A Reference Aid, Central Intelligence Agency, October 1989, p. 13, retrieved 3 July 2018
  2. ^ a b Nikola B. Schahgaldian, Gina Barkhordarian (March 1987), The Iranian Military Under the Islamic Republic (PDF), RAND, ISBN 0-8330-0777-7, retrieved 15 January 2017