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Ruhollah Bazghandi is an Iranian brigadier general. He is a senior member of the
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also known as the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, is a multi-service primary branch of the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces, Iranian Armed Forces. It was officially established by Ruhollah Khom ...
. He is a former chief of the corps' counterintelligence department. In October 2024, he was charged, along with six other Iranian operatives, as part of an alleged plot to kill the New York-based Iranian journalist
Masih Alinejad Masih Alinejad (, born Masoumeh Alinejad-Ghomikolayi (), September 11, 1976) is an Iranian Americans, Iranian-American journalist, author, and women's rights activist. Alinejad works as a presenter/producer at Voice of America Persian News Networ ...
.


Key roles and activities


Counterintelligence leadership

Bazghandi has served as a counterintelligence official within the IRGC-IO, where he has been involved in detaining foreign prisoners in Iran and conducting counterespionage operations.


Assassination plots

Bazghandi has played a central role in assassination schemes targeting journalists, dissidents, Israeli citizens, and others deemed adversaries of Iran. Notably, he was charged in connection with a plots to assassinate Masih Alinejad, an Iranian-American journalist and human rights activist living in exile in New York City. The plot involved hiring members of an
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an criminal organization to carry out the assassination. Operations in Syria Bazghandi has been linked to IRGC-IO operations in
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, which include counterespionage and supporting Iranian military objectives in the region. Sanctions and legal actions Bazghandi has been sanctioned by the
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under Executive Order 14078 for his involvement in wrongful detentions and assassination plots. These sanctions block his property and interests in property within U.S. jurisdiction. In October 2024, he was indicted by U.S. authorities for his role in the attempted murder-for-hire plot against Alinejad.


See also

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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also known as the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, is a multi-service primary branch of the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces, Iranian Armed Forces. It was officially established by Ruhollah Khom ...
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Masih Alinejad Masih Alinejad (, born Masoumeh Alinejad-Ghomikolayi (), September 11, 1976) is an Iranian Americans, Iranian-American journalist, author, and women's rights activist. Alinejad works as a presenter/producer at Voice of America Persian News Networ ...
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