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born: 1940
category: Intelligence & Government
location: Tehran, Iran
summary: Iranian minister for the Revolutionary Guards aligned with Prime Minister
  Mousavi who sought to open a second arms-sales channel to Iran.
tags:
- Person
- Israel
---

[Mohsen Rafiqdoost](/people/mohsen-rafiqdoost/) was the minister for the [Iranian Revolution](/events/iranian-revolution/) in [Iran](/places/iran/). He was aligned with [Mir Hossein Mousavi](/people/mir-hossein-mousavi/), the Prime Minister of [Iran](/places/iran/), and tried to open the second channel for arms sales to [Iran](/places/iran/).[^1]

[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.