Mohammad Hejazi

Mohammad Hossein-Zadeh Hejazi (, 20 January 1956 – 18 April 2021) was an Iranian military commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Early life and education Hejazi was born in Isfahan in 1956. He attended the University of Tehran. He was a former commander of Basij, the auxiliary paramilitary branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. On January 3, 2020, he became the Deputy Commander of the Quds Force, by decree of the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.

Allegations It is alleged by the American Jewish Committee that Hejazi, while serving as an advisor to Khamanei, attended a meeting in August 1993 to plan the AMIA bombing in Argentina along with Khamanei, Rafsanjani, then president, Ali Fallahian, then intelligence minister, and Ali Akbar Velayati, then foreign minister.

Sanctions In 2010, the United States Department of State had placed Hejazi on its sanctions list. Similarly, the European Union also sanctioned him in October 2011 for playing a "central role in the post-election crackdown."

Death Hejazi died on 18 April 2021. His death was initially announced as being due to a heart condition, although later reports suggested that he died from complications of a chemical weapons injury he had sustained during the Iran–Iraq War.