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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 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 ]
Mohammad Mosaddegh. Mohammad Mosaddegh [a] ( Persian: محمد مصدق, IPA: [mohæmˈmæd (-e) mosædˈdeɢ] ⓘ; [b] 16 June 1882 – 5 March 1967) was an Iranian politician, author, and lawyer who served as the 30th Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953, elected by the 16th Majlis. [4] [5] He was a member of the Iranian parliament from ...
The Associated Press. June 28, 2024 at 5:08 PM. Iranians voted on Friday to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a May helicopter crash in the country's northwest along with ...
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 ...
Mohammad Bagheri (Iranian commander) Major General Mohammad Bagheri ( Persian: محمد باقری, born Mohammad-Hossein Afshordi [4] ( Persian: محمدحسین افشردی) is an Iranian military officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), who serves as the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
According to a report by NBC News, Eric Edelman, a career foreign services officer with senior diplomatic posts at the time, U.S. commander Army General George Casey, considered designating Soleimani and Quds Force officers enemy combatants, thus making them subject to military action. However, the idea was ruled out over concerns of opening a ...
2024 Iran–Israel conflict. Hossein Salami ( Persian: حسین سلامی; born 1960) is an Iranian military officer who is the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. [2] [3] [4] Born in Golpayegan, he joined the IRGC during the Iran–Iraq War, when he was a college student. He rose through the ranks, becoming deputy ...