1. Mohsen Rezaee Mirgha'ed is an Iranian conservative politician affiliated with the Resistance Front of Islamic Iran and senior military officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, who is currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council, secretary of the Supreme Council for Economic Coordination, as well as the secretary of the Iranian government's Economic Committee.
Mohsen Rezaee was secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council from 1997 to 2021 and Vice President of Iran for Economic Affairs between 2021 and 2023.
From 1980 to 1997, Rezaee was commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Mohsen Rezaee was a candidate in 2013 presidential election and received 3,884,412 votes.
Mohsen Rezaee ranked fourth behind winner Hassan Rouhani, runner-up Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Saeed Jalili.
Mohsen Rezaee was born in Masjed Soleyman on 9 September 1954 to a religious Bakhtiyari nomadic family.
Mohsen Rezaee spent his childhood and adolescence in the oil-rich city of Masjed Soleyman in southwestern Iran.
When he was to begin studying at a high school run by the National Iranian Oil Company in 1969, Mohsen Rezaee moved to the city of Ahvaz.
Mohsen Rezaee was 17 when he served five months in solitary confinement.
Mohsen Rezaee did not stop his political activities after he was released from prison.
Mohsen Rezaee arrived in Tehran in 1974 to study mechanical engineering at Iran University of Science and Technology.
Mohsen Rezaee launched provincial branches of Mansouroun guerrilla fighters in seven provinces.
Mohsen Rezaee joined the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and later was appointed chief of its intelligence division.
Mohsen Rezaee was appointed the IRGC commander by Ruhollah Khomeini, and after it grew in organizational complexity he assumed the office of IRGC's commander-in-chief on 11 September 1981, when he was 27 years old, and remained in the post until he announced his retirement from all of his military posts.
Mohsen Rezaee was removed from the IRGC in 1997 due to pressures from the followers of the then president Mohammad Khatami.
Mohsen Rezaee became a member of Expediency Discernment Council and then its secretary in August 1997.
Mohsen Rezaee was appointed chair of the commission for macroeconomics and commerce.
Mohsen Rezaee founded the news website Tabnak, originally Baztab, in 2002 as a reaction to the proliferation of reformist websites.
Mohsen Rezaee was a candidate of the presidential election of 2005, but withdrew on 15 June 2005, only two days before the election.
Mohsen Rezaee mentioned withdrawing from the race for "the integration of the nation's votes" and "their effectiveness".
On 12 December 2016, Mohsen Rezaee announced that he "has no decision to run for president" in the 2017 election.
Mohsen Rezaee stated on 2 August 2009 that the ongoing trials of so-called 'prisoners' was an unjust act, issuing a letter on behalf of the Expediency Council of which he is the secretary, condemning the government.
In September 2019, Mohsen Rezaee expressed his hope that Iran would capture US President Donald Trump and place him on trial.
Ahmad Mohsen Rezaee returned to Iran after a short time and declared that his statements about his father's involvement in the bombing were baseless.
Mohsen Rezaee has been on the official Wanted list of Interpol since March 2007, for allegations of "Aggravated Murder and Damages" related to the 1994 AMIA bombing case.
Mohsen Rezaee rejected the allegations, saying in June 2009, "These charges were a sheer lie".
Mohsen Rezaee has five children, two sons and three daughters.
Mohsen Rezaee returned to Iran in 2005, recanting his statements, then migrated to the United Arab Emirates in 2011.
Mohsen Rezaee's brother, Omidvar, is a member of the Parliament of Iran since 2008.