Mohammad Forouzandeh

Appointed byAli Khamenei

PresidentMohammad Khatami
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Hassan Rouhani
Ebrahim Raisi
Mohammad Mokhber (acting)
Masoud Pezeshkian

Supreme LeaderAli Khamenei

ChairmanAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting)
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Sadeq Larijani

Sardar Mohammad Forouzandeh
محمد فروزنده
Forouzandeh in 2014
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 February 2007
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
President	Mohammad Khatami Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Hassan Rouhani Ebrahim Raisi Mohammad Mokhber (acting) Masoud Pezeshkian
Supreme Leader	Ali Khamenei
Chairman	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting) Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Sadeq Larijani
Head of Mostazafan Foundation
In office 22 July 1999 – 22 July 2014
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
President	Mohammad Khatami Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Hassan Rouhani
Supreme Leader	Ali Khamenei
Preceded by	Mohsen Rafighdoost
Succeeded by	Mohammad Saeedikia
Minister of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics
In office 16 August 1993 – 20 August 1997
President	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Supreme Leader	Ali Khamenei
Preceded by	Akbar Torkan
Succeeded by	Ali Shamkhani
Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces
In office 30 September 1989 – 11 September 1993
President	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Supreme Leader	Ali Khamenei
Preceded by	Hassan Firouzabadi
Succeeded by	Ali Sayad Shirazi
Chief of the General Staff of the IRGC
In office 1987 – 22 September 1989
President	Ali Khamenei Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Supreme Leader	Ali Khamenei
Preceded by	Alireza Afshar
Succeeded by	Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr
Personal details
Born	1960 (age 65–66) Tehran, Iran
Military service
Allegiance	Iran
Branch/service	IRGC[1]
Years of service	1979–2007
Rank	Major general
Battles/wars	Iran–Iraq War

Mohammad Forouzandeh Behbahani (Persian: محمد فروزنده بهبهانی; born in 1960) is an Iranian politician and security figure. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council.

He was the former head of the Bonyad-e Mostazafen va Janbazan (Foundation of the Oppressed and Disabled).^[2] His tenure as head of the foundation began on December 3, 2004, and was renewed for another five years on December 2, 2009.^[3] He resigned from his post on July 22, 2014, and was replaced by Mohammad Saeedikia. He served as chief of staff of the Revolutionary Guard from late 1987 to 1989^[4] and later as Minister of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics of Iran.^[5]