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Mohammad Bagher Zolqadr | Ascent of the Guardsman

The Hindu · · 697 words · By Stanly Johny
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“Hamas launched its cross-border attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, killing at least 1,200 people”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian mi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Middle Eastern crisis is an ongoing series of interrelated wars, conflicts, and heightened instability in the Middle East as a result of the Gaza war and genocide. It has primarily consisted of co…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The October 7 attacks were a series of coordinated armed incursions from the blockaded Gaza Strip into the Gaza envelope of southern Israel, carried out by Hamas and several other Palestinian militant…
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“The chain of events triggered by the attack has now led to a full-blown Israeli-American war on Iran”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2024, the Iran–Israel proxy conflict escalated to a series of direct confrontations between the two countries in April, July, and October that year. On 1 April, Israel bombed an Iranian consulate c…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran and Israel have not maintained a formal diplomatic relationship with each other since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Beginning in the mid-1980s, the Iran–Israel proxy conflict has grown to large…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Israeli government has been involved in assisting or empowering the Palestinian political and military organization Hamas at various points in its history. This support continued during and in sp…
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“Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, was killed by the U.S. and Israel on February 28”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ali Hosseini Khamenei (19 April 1939 – 28 February 2026) was an Iranian politician and Shia cleric who served as the second supreme leader of Iran from 1989 until his assassination in the 2026 Iran wa…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, was assassinated in Tehran as part of a series of Israeli airstrikes aimed at high-ranking Iranian officials. Khamenei's death was confir…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 17 March 2026, Ali Larijani, the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, was assassinated in Tehran as part of a series of Israeli airstrikes aimed at high-ranking Iranian officials. Hi…
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“Ali Larijani was assassinated by an Israeli air strike on March 17”
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“President Masoud Pezeshkian appointed Mr. Zolqadr as Larijani’s successor on March 29, 2024”
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“Mr. Zolqadr belongs to a generation of Guardsmen associated with the ‘Mansouroun’ network”
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“Mr. Zolqadr joined the Ramadan Headquarters in 1980 after Iraq invaded Iran”
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“The Ramadan Headquarters later became the Quds Force, the external arm of the Guards”
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“By 1988, the IRGC had emerged as one of the most powerful institutions of the Islamic Republic”
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“Mr. Zolqadr headed the IRGC Joint Staff during Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's presidency (1989-1997)”
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“Mr. Zolqadr and other IRGC commanders wrote a letter to Mohammad Khatami requesting action against student protests in the late 1990s”
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“Mr. Zolqadr aligned with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the 2005 Presidential election”
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“Mr. Zolqadr was appointed as a Deputy Interior Minister by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad”
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“Mr. Zolqadr was appointed as a senior aide to Sadegh Larijani in 2010”
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“Mr. Zolqadr has been serving as the Secretary of the Expediency Council since September 2022”
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“In March 2024, Mr. Zolqadr stated the Guards should exert greater control over the country”
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“The war has shifted power towards the Guards, who report directly to the Supreme Leader”
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“Mr. Zolqadr is a Guardsman with political reach, giving the IRGC greater influence”
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