Amir Majd

Amir Majd
Native name
امیر مجد
BornIran
Allegiance Iran
RankMajor general
CommandsBasij

Amir Majd (Persian: امیر مجد) was the first commander of the Basij force, appointed by Abolhassan Banisadr, the then president of Iran.[1] He served in that position from December 1979 to December 1981.[2] He was one of the forces affiliated with the first government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to Mohammad-Ali Rahmani, one of the Basij commanders, Majd turned to the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran. Majd was dismissed from the command of the Basij and even ordered to be arrested, but he later fled to Mashhad and then abroad.[3]

References

  1. ^ "The History and Transformation of the Basij, 1980–2013". Retrieved 2025-05-09.
  2. ^ Nikola B. Schahgaldian, Gina Barkhordarian (March 1987), The Iranian Military Under the Islamic Republic (PDF), RAND, ISBN 0-8330-0777-7, archived (PDF) from the original on 3 February 2017, retrieved 15 January 2017
  3. ^ "All Basij Commanders in 40 Years" (in Persian). 2019-12-22. Archived from the original on 2023-04-15. Retrieved 2023-05-15.