Hossein Allahkaram


Hossein Allahkaram is an Iranian conservative activist, pundit and former military officer.
He is head of the coordination council of Ansar-e-Hezbollah and is described as its theoretician.
Following Allahkaram’s Ansar-e-Hezbollah’s attacks on women using acid as well as against students with tear gas, electric batons and knives, Allahkaram as well as co-founder Abdolhamid Mohtasham were sanctioned by the United [States Department of the Treasury]. Allahkaram is also under EU sanctions.

Military career

A veteran of Iran–Iraq War, he was reported continuing to serve in the Islamic [Revolutionary Guard Corps|Revolutionary Guards] as of 2001. According to some sources, he commanded the Quds Force in the Bosnian War along with Mohammad Reza Naqdi.