Between 2002 and 2005, he served as deputy commander of the Law Enforcement Forces and briefly served as acting commander of the force in 2005. In December 2025, the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, appointed Vahidi as the deputy commander of the IRGC. Major General Mostafa Izadi (IRGC deputy commander-in-chief)Major General Mostafa Izadi Najafabadi was born in 1956 in Najafabad, central Isfahan province. In 2025, he was appointed deputy commander of the IRGC Navy, with Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri as his superior. In June 2022, after stepping down as the IRGC intelligence chief, he was appointed as an adviser to the IRGC commander-in-chief.