Amir Hatami

Amir Hatami (Persian: امیر حاتمی‎‎) is an Iranian regular army (Artesh) officer with the rank of Brigadier general and the current minister of defense of Iran. He was designated as the defense minister by President Hassan Rouhani on 8 August 2017 and gained vote of confidence from the parliament on 20 August 2017, with 261 yeas, 10 nays, 13 abstentions and 4 invalid votes.

He is the first minister of defense with Artesh background in more than two decades, an office held by Revolutionary Guards officers only since 1989.

Hatami previously served as the head of the Army's international relations office, as well as a deputy in the armed forces general staff.