Ahmad Vahidi (Persian: احمد وحیدی, born 27 June 1958) is an Iranian military commander of the Revolutionary Guards. In 1988, he was appointed as the commander of its extraterritorial special forces, Quds Force. He was the minister of defense under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, having held the post from 3 September 2009 until 15 August 2013. Vahidi is president of the Supreme National Defense University since August 2016 and member of the Expediency Council, since August 2017.