Hossein Allahkaram () is an Iranian

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activist,

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and former military officer. He is head of the coordination council of

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and is described as its theoretician. Following Allahkaram’s Ansar-e-Hezbollah’s attacks on women using acid as well as against students with tear gas, electric batons and knives, Allahkaram as well as co-founder Abdolhamid Mohtasham were sanctioned by the

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. Allahkaram is also under EU sanctions.

Military career

A veteran of

Iran–Iraq War The Iran–Iraq War, also known as the First Gulf War, was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. Active hostilities began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for nearly eight years, unti ...

, he was reported continuing to serve in the Revolutionary Guards as of 2001. According to some sources, he commanded the

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in the

Bosnian War The Bosnian War ( / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. Following several earlier violent incid ...

along with

Mohammad Reza Naqdi Mohammad Reza Naqdi (also spelled "Naghdi"; ) is an Iranian military officer who is a senior officer in the IRGC. Background According to the biography published by the semi-official Fars News Agency, Naqdi was born in March 1961 in a middle-cla ...

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