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These individuals include IRGC Commander-in-Chief Major General Hossein Salami, and Esmail Qaani, commander of the Quds Force of the IRGC. On 7 October, the Canadian government expanded the sanctions, banning 10,000 members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from entering the country permanently, which represents the top 50% of the ...
Military ranks of Iran. The military ranks of Iran are the ranks used by the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces (IRIAF). The armed forces are split into the Islamic Republic of Iran Army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The ranks used by the Law Enforcement Forces share a similar structure to the military.
The position of Commander-in-Chief ( Farmandehe Koll-e Qova ( Persian: فرمانده کل قوا ), formerly known as Bozorg Arteshtārān ( Persian: بزرگارتشتاران) is the ultimate authority of all the Armed Forces of Iran, and the highest possible military position within the Islamic Republic of Iran. The position was ...
The following individuals have been identified as senior officers (currently or in the past) of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army (AJA), which is a branch of the Iranian Armed Forces. Chiefs of the Joint Staff [ edit ]
Chief of staff. Rear admiral Habibollah Sayyari. The Joint Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army ( Persian: ستاد مشترک ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران ), acronymed SEMAJA ( Persian: سماجا ), is the chief of staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army, the conventional military of Iran, [1] with an aim to ...
The Islamic Republic of Iran was created shortly after the Islamic Revolution. The first major demonstrations with the intent to overthrow the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi began in January 1978, [8] with a new, Islam-based, theocratic Constitution being approved in December 1979, ending the monarchy.
Awards. Order of Fath ( 1st class) Sayyed Abdolrahim Mousavi ( Persian: سید عبدالرحیم موسوی) is an Iranian military officer who is Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army since 21 August 2017. He was formerly deputy Chief of General Staff of Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was also Second-in ...
The regular armed forces have an estimated 398,000 personnel: the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces with 350,000, of which 220,000 are conscripts; the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy with 18,000, and the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force with 37,000 airmen. [1] The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force is a branch split off from ...