Mohsen Rafighdoust (also Rafiqdoust, Persian: محسن رفیقدوست) is an Iranian Revolutionary Guards military officer and conservative politician.

"[5] He served from 1982 to 1989 as Minister of the Revolutionary Guards[6] where he quashed internal dissent and obtained weapons from abroad for the Iran–Iraq War.

Rafighdoost said in a 2014 interview that he twice suggested to Khomeini that Iran develop weapons of mass destruction to counter their use by Saddam Hussein.

The Foundation reportedly owns apartment blocks and "makes an estimated $200 million importing pharmaceuticals, sugar and construction materials.

[9] After this, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appointed a board of trustees and made the Bonyad-e Mostazafen va Janbazan subject to parliamentary scrutiny.