Akbar Torkan
Encyclopedia
Akbar Torkan was the first head of the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics
of the Islamic Republic of Iran
, from 1989. Formerly head of the defense industries establishment, he was a neutral civilian figure with no close ties to either the Iranian Revolutionary Guard or the regular armed forces and a supporter of Rafsanjani
.
Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics
The Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics is the defence ministry of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It was formed in 1989 and has control both over Iran's regular forces and over its Revolutionary Guard, particularly bringing the latter under the overall defence umbrella by reducing its...
of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, from 1989. Formerly head of the defense industries establishment, he was a neutral civilian figure with no close ties to either the Iranian Revolutionary Guard or the regular armed forces and a supporter of Rafsanjani
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is an influential Iranian politician and writer, who was the fourth President of Iran. He was a member of the Assembly of Experts until his resignation in 2011...
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