Hossein Taeb

Hossein Taeb (Persian: حسین طائب) is an Iranian Shia cleric and senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps official who was head of the IRGC's Intelligence Organization.After his middle education, he went to seminary school and reached an advanced degree (kharej) in Islamic jurisprudence after studying in Tehran, Mashhad, and Qom.Taeb joined the Revolutionary Guards (which supervises the Basij) in 1361 (1982/3), beginning his work in Region 10 of Tehran and continued on to Qom and Mashhad.Under Taeb's command, the Basij played a key role in suppressing protest over the controversial 2009 Iranian presidential elections.[1] Private property of Hossein Taeb is frozen by the European Union and he is not allowed to enter Europe[10] because "forces under his command participated in mass beatings, murders, detentions and tortures of peaceful protestors.
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