Hossein Nejat

Mohammad-Hossein Zibayinejad (Persian: محمدحسین زیبایی‌نژاد), also known as Hossein Nejat (Persian: حسین نجات), is an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander who was served as the deputy for its Intelligence Organization.^[2]

Sardar Hossein Nejat
Birth name	Mohammad-Hossein Zibayinejad[1]
Nickname(s)	Hossein Nejat[1]
Allegiance	Iran
Branch	Revolutionary Guards
Years of service	1981–present
Rank	Brigadier general[2]
Battles / wars	Iran–Iraq War

Career

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]