page_title: Mohammad Reza Naqdi
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Mohammad Reza Naqdi / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Ibrahim al-Jaafari and Mohammad Reza Naqdi in World Conference On Women And Islamic Awakening, Tehran.
context_page_description: Mohammad Reza Naqdi is a senior officer in the Revolutionary Guards.
context_section_description: Earlier in his career Naqdi served as the Iranian Police Force's Counter-Intelligence Chief  and is also reported to have been involved in "crackdowns" during the 1997-2005 administration of Khatami including the 1999 student protests. Amnesty International reported that in March 1999 Iranian authorities announced that General Naqdi, chief of police intelligence at the time, to be tried in May by a military court along with 10 of his subordinates. "The charges against them are believed to include `unlawful arrest` and `using torture to elicit confessions'." He was found not guilty.
  Naqdi was appointed by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as commander of the Basij in October 2009, replacing Hossein Taeb. He has been described as possessing "conservative credentials" and his appointment was said (by Mohsen Sazegara) to have "shattered the hopes and plans of those who thought they could ease" the unrest and protest following the reelection of President Ahmadinejad.
caption: Naqdi with Ibrahim Jafari in July 2012
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