Hossein Nejat

Following the Iranian Revolution, he joined the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization, having previously been a member of Mansouroun guerrilla organization along with later fellow IRGC servicemen Rezaei, Shamkhani, Zolghadr and Rashid.^[3] In 1981, he was given the responsibility of protecting the officials. In 2000, he became the commander of the Vali Amr corps, which is a protective security unit for the Supreme Leader of Iran, and served in that capacity for ten years; he reportedly had a key role during the 2009 Iranian presidential election protests.^[1] He later served as the IRGC deputy for cultural and social affairs, he was later replaced by Mohammad Reza Naqdi in late 2016.^[2]