1. Ahmad Shah Cheraghi, better known as Ahmad Vahidi, is an Iranian military commander of the Revolutionary Guards and former Minister of Interior from 2021 to 2024.
13 Facts About Ahmad Vahidi
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Ahmad Vahidi is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council.
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Ahmad Vahidi was the minister of defense under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, having held the post from 3 September 2009 until 15 August 2013.
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Ahmad Vahidi Shah Cheraghi was born on 27 June 1958 in Shiraz.
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Ahmad Vahidi holds a bachelor's degree in electronics and a master's degree in industrial engineering.
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Ahmad Vahidi acquired a doctorate in strategic studies from Imam Sadegh University.
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Ahmad Vahidi was made deputy to the then Revolutionary Guards commander Mohsen Rezai for intelligence affairs in 1981.
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Ahmad Vahidi was appointed deputy minister of defense in 2005 when Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar became minister of defense.
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Ahmad Vahidi's term ended on 15 August 2013 and Hossein Dehghan replaced him in the post.
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Ahmad Vahidi has been wanted by Interpol since 2007 for his alleged participation in the bombing of the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 18 July 1994, in which 85 people died.
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Ahmad Vahidi was serving as the commander of a special unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guard known as the Quds Force when the attack occurred.
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Ahmad Vahidi is one of five Iranians sought in the bombing.
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In May 2011, Ahmad Vahidi paid an official visit to Bolivia.