Ahmad Vahidi

Sardar
Ahmad Vahidi
Sardar Ahmad Vahidi
احمد وحیدی
	Vahidi in 2016
Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 March 2026
President	Masoud Pezeshkian
Preceded by	Mohammad Pakpour
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 14 March 2012
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
Chairman	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani; Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting); Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi; Sadeq Larijani
Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
	In office; 27 December 2025 – 1 March 2026
Commander	Mohammad Pakpour
Minister of Interior
	In office; 25 August 2021 – 21 August 2024
President	Ebrahim Raisi; Mohammad Mokhber (acting); Masoud Pezeshkian
Preceded by	Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli
Succeeded by	Eskandar Momeni
Minister of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics
	In office; 3 September 2009 – 15 August 2013
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by	Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar
Succeeded by	Hossein Dehghan
Personal details
Born	Vahid Shahcheraghi; 27 June 1958; Shiraz, Iran
Military service
Branch/service	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Years of service	1980–2021
Rank	Brigadier General
Commands	Quds Force
Battles/wars	Iran–Iraq War, 2026 Iran War

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Vahid Shahcheraghi (Persian: وحید شاه‌چراغی, born 27 June 1958), better known as Ahmad Vahidi (Persian: احمد وحیدی), is an Iranian military officer who was appointed commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on 1 March 2026. He previously served as the deputy commander of IRGC from December 2025 until the death of Mohammad Pakpour in the 2026 Israeli–United States strikes on Iran. Vahidi also served as the Minister of Interior from 2021 to 2024 and is currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council. Interpol has issued a red notice for his arrest in connection with the 1994 AMIA bombing.

In 1988, he was appointed commander of the extraterritorial special forces of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Quds Force, which specializes in unconventional warfare and military intelligence operations. He was the minister of defense under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from 3 September 2009 until 15 August 2013. Vahidi was president of the Supreme National Defense University from August 2016 to 2021. Vahidi is sanctioned by the United States and the European Union for alleged involvement in terrorism and nuclear proliferation.