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.[1] He was designated as the defense minister by President Hassan Rouhani on 8 August 2017[1] and gained vote of confidence from the parliament on 20 August 2017, with 261 yes, 10 nays, 13 abstentions and 4 invalid votes.[3]