Morteza Rezaee (Persian: مرتضی رضایی) is a retired Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) brigadier general who served as the second commander-in-chief of the IRGC from 1980 to 1981. He later headed the IRGC Intelligence Protection Organization and served as deputy commander-in-chief of the IRGC.
Career
Rezaee joined the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in 1979, shortly after the Iranian Revolution. Following the resignation of Abbas Aghazamani, he was appointed the second commander-in-chief of the IRGC, a post he held from 22 July 1980 to 20 September 1981, when he was succeeded by Mohsen Rezaee. During the Iran–Iraq War he commanded the Ramadan Headquarters from 1983 to 1985.
In 1994 he was appointed head of the Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a position he held for more than a decade until 2006. He subsequently served as deputy commander-in-chief of the IRGC from 2006 to 2008; he was named in this capacity, with the rank of brigadier general, in the annex to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1747 (2007).