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| honorific-prefix = [[Sardar (IRGC)|Sardar]]<br />
| name = Iraj Masjedi<br />
| image = Iraj Masjedi by Tasnim (2))).jpg<br />
| office1 = [[List of ambassadors of Iran to Iraq|Ambassador of Iran to Iraq]]<br />
| term_start1 = 18 April 2017<br />
| term_end1 = 11 April 2022<br />
| president1 = [[Hassan Rouhani]]{{-}}[[Ebrahim Raisi]]<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Hassan Danaeifar]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Mohammad-Kazem Ale-Sadegh]]<br />
| birth_name = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|60|2017|01|17}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/17012017|title='Moderate deal-broker' to run Iran's embassy in Baghdad|work=Rudaw|accessdate=11 June 2017|date=17 January 2017}}</ref><br />
| birth_place = [[Khuzestan Province|Khuzestan]], [[Iran]]<ref name="mei">{{citation|title=Tehran's Controversial Ambassador Pick Sign of I.R.G.C.'s Expanding Influence in Iraq|url=https://www.mei.edu/content/article/io/tehran-s-controversial-ambassador-pick-sign-irgc-s-expanding-influence-iraq|author=Ahmad Majidyar|date=8 March 2017|work=Middle East Institute|access-date=5 September 2017}}</ref><br />
| allegiance = [[Iran]]<br />
| branch = [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps|Revolutionary Guards]]<br />
| unit = [[Quds Force]]<ref name="AA">{{cite web|url=http://www.aei.org/publication/generational-change-in-the-iranian-revolutionary-guards-corps-quds-force-brigadier-general-iraj-masjedi/|author=Ali Alfoneh|title=Generational change in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force: Brigadier General Iraj Masjedi|publisher=Middle Eastern Outlook|via=American Enterprise Institute|accessdate=11 June 2017|date=29 March 2012}}</ref><br />
| commands = Quds Base<ref name="AA"/><br>Ramazan Base<ref name="mei"/><br />
| serviceyears = 1982–2017<br />
| rank = [[Brigadier general]]<ref name="AA"/><br />
| battles = {{Unbulleted list|[[Iran–Iraq War]]<ref name="mei"/>|[[Iraqi insurgency (2003–11)]]<ref name="AA"/>}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Iraj Masjedi''' ({{langx|fa|ایرج مسجدی}}) was the former [[Iran]]ian ambassador to [[Iraq]], having previously served in the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps|Revolutionary Guards]] for 35 years.<ref name="r"/> A veteran of [[Iran–Iraq War]], Masjedi was a senior [[Quds Force]] commander and served as a top advisor to [[Qasem Soleimani]].<ref name="r">{{cite web|url=https://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFKBN17L2EC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917032226/https://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFKBN17L2EC|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 September 2017|title=Revolutionary Guard general takes over as new Iranian ambassador in Iraq|work=Reuters|author=Babak Dehghanpisheh|editor=Hugh Lawson|accessdate=11 June 2017|date=19 April 2017}}</ref> He was designated as the ambassador to Iraq in January 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/iran-appoints-seasoned-qods-force-operative-as-ambassador-to-iraq|title=Iran Appoints Seasoned Qods Force Operative as Ambassador to Iraq|agency=Reuters|author=Farzin Nadimi|type=Policy Analysis|accessdate=11 June 2017|date=18 January 2017}}</ref> and assumed office in April 2017.<ref name="r"/> On October 22, 2020, the U.S. designated Masjedi under [[Executive Order 13224]], imposing sanctions on him “for acting for or on behalf of the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps|IRGC]]-QF.“<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-22 |title=Treasury Sanctions Iranian Ambassador to Iraq |url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1159 |website=treasury.gov}}</ref><br />
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