Hossein Nejat

Mohammad-Hossein Zibayinejad (Persian: محمدحسین زیبایی‌نژاد), also known as Hossein Nejat (Persian: حسین نجات), is an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander who was served as the deputy for its Intelligence Organization.

[2] Following the Iranian Revolution, he joined the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization, having previously been a member of Mansouroun guerrilla organization along with later fellow IRGC servicemen Rezaei, Shamkhani, Zolghadr and Rashid.

[3] In 1981, he was given the responsibility to protect the officials.

In 2000, he became the commander of the Vali Amr corps, which is a protective security unit for the Supreme Leader of Iran and served in the capacity for ten years; and reportedly had a key role during the 2009 Iranian presidential election protests.

[1] He later served as the IRGC deputy for cultural and social affairs, being replaced by Mohammad Reza Naqdi in late 2016.