List of commanders of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army
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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
No. | Portrait | Chief of the Joint Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | Ref. |
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Imperial Iranian Armed Forces | |||||||
1 | Jahanbani, AmanullahLieutenant general Amanullah Jahanbani (1895–1974) | 1925 | 1926 | 0–1 years | Ground Forces | – | |
2 | Sheibani, HabibollahMajor general Habibollah Sheibani [fa] | 1926 | 1927 | 0–1 years | Ground Forces | – | |
3 | Nakhjavan, MohammadLieutenant general Mohammad Nakhjavan [fa] | 1927 | 1934 | 6–7 years | Ground Forces | – | |
4 | Zarghami, AzizollahMajor general Azizollah Zarghami (1884–1978) | 1934 | 1941 | 6–7 years | Ground Forces | – | |
5 | Yazdanpanah, MortezaLieutenant general Morteza Yazdanpanah (1888–1970) | 1941 | 1942 | 0–1 years | Ground Forces | – | |
6 | Arfa, HasanMajor general Hasan Arfa (1895–1984) | 1942 | 1943 | 0–1 years | Ground Forces | – | |
7 | Razmara, HajMajor general Haj Ali Razmara (1901–1951) | 1943 | 1943 | 0 years | Ground Forces | – | |
8 | Riazi, AliAli Riazi [fa] | 1943 | 1944 | 0–1 years | Ground Forces | – | |
(7) | Razmara, HajMajor general Haj Ali Razmara (1901–1951) | 1944 | 1944 | 0 years | Ground Forces | – | |
(6) | Arfa, HasanMajor general Hasan Arfa (1895–1984) | 1944 | 1946 | 1–2 years | Ground Forces | – | |
9 | Aghevli, FarajollahFarajollah Aghevli [fa] | 1946 | 1946 | 0 years | Ground Forces | – | |
(7) | Razmara, HajMajor general Haj Ali Razmara (1901–1951) | 1946 | 1950 | 3–4 years | Ground Forces | – | |
10 | Garzan, AbbasAbbas Garzan | 1950 | 1952 | 1–2 years | Ground Forces | – | |
(5) | Yazdanpanah, MortezaLieutenant general Morteza Yazdanpanah (1888–1970) | 1952 | 1952 | 0 years | Ground Forces | – | |
11 | Baharmast, MahmoudMajor general Mahmoud Baharmast (1899–1977) | 1952 | 1953 | 0–1 years | Ground Forces | – | |
12 | Riahi, TaghiBrigadier general Taghi Riahi (1911–1989) | 1953 | 1953 | 0 years | Ground Forces | – | |
13 | Batmanghelidj, NaderLieutenant general Nader Batmanghelidj (1904–1998) | 1953 | 1955 | 1–2 years | Ground Forces | – | |
14 | Hedayat, AbdollahGeneral Abdollah Hedayat (1899–1968) | 1955 | 1961 | 5–6 years | Ground Forces | – | |
15 | Hejazi, AbdolhosseinGeneral Abdol Hossein Hejazi (1904–1969) | 1961 | 1965 | 3–4 years | Ground Forces | – | |
16 | Aryana, BahramGeneral Bahram Aryana (1906–1985) | 1965 | 1969 | 3–4 years | Ground Forces | – | |
17 | Djam, FereydounGeneral Fereydoun Djam (1914–2008) | 1969 | 1971 | 1–2 years | Ground Forces | – | |
19 | Azhari, Gholam RezaGeneral Gholam Reza Azhari (1912–2001) | 1971 | 1978 | 6–7 years | Ground Forces | – | |
20 | Gharabaghi, AbbasGeneral Abbas Gharabaghi (1918–2000) | 1978 | 1979 | 0–1 years | Ground Forces | – | |
Islamic Republic of Iran Army | |||||||
1 | Gharani, Mohammad-ValiMajor general Mohammad-Vali Gharani (1913–1979) | 12 February 1979 | 27 March 1979 | 43 days | Ground Forces | [1] | |
2 | Farbod, NasserMajor general Nasser Farbod (1922–2019) | 27 March 1979 | 12 July 1979 | 107 days | Ground Forces | [1] | |
3 | Shaker, Mohammad-HosseinMajor general Mohammad-Hossein Shaker | 12 July 1979 | September 1979 | 1 month | Ground Forces | [1] | |
4 | Shadmehr, Mohammad-HadiMajor general Mohammad-Hadi Shadmehr (?–2008) | February 1980 | 17 June 1980 | 4 months | Ground Forces | [1] | |
5 | Fallahi, ValiollahBrigadier general Valiollah Fallahi (1931–1981) | 17 June 1980 | 29 September 1981 † | 1 year, 104 days | Ground Forces | [1] | |
6 | Zahirnejad, Qasem-AliBrigadier general Qasem-Ali Zahirnejad (1924–1999) | 9 October 1981 | 25 October 1984 | 3 years, 16 days | Ground Forces | [1] | |
7 | Sohrabi, EsmaeilBrigadier general Esmaeil Sohrabi (born 1937) | 25 October 1984 | 7 May 1988 | 3 years, 195 days | Ground Forces | [1] | |
8 | Shahbazi, AliMajor general Ali Shahbazi (born 1937) | 7 May 1988 | 8 October 1998 | 10 years, 154 days | Ground Forces | [1] |
Commanders-in-Chief
No. | Portrait | Commander-in-Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | Ref. |
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1 | Shahbazi, AliMajor general Ali Shahbazi (born 1937) | 8 October 1998 | 1 June 2000 | 1 year, 237 days | Ground Forces | [2] | |
2 | Salimi, MohammadMajor general Mohammad Salimi (1937–2016) | 1 June 2000 | 15 September 2005 | 5 years, 106 days | Ground Forces | [3][4] | |
3 | Salehi, AtaollahMajor general Ataollah Salehi (born 1950) | 15 September 2005 | 21 April 2017 | 11 years, 340 days | Ground Forces | [5][6] | |
4 | Mousavi, AbdolrahimMajor general Abdolrahim Mousavi (born 1960) | 21 April 2017 | Incumbent | 7 years, 5 days | Ground Forces | [7] |
Commanders of military branches
Ground Forces
Air Force
No. | Portrait | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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1 | Nakhjavan, AhmadMajor general Ahmad Nakhjavan (1856–1945) | 25 February 1925 | 5 February 1930 | 4 years, 345 days |
Air Defense Force
Navy
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Nikola B. Schahgaldian, Gina Barkhordarian (March 1987), The Iranian Military Under the Islamic Republic (PDF), RAND, ISBN 0-8330-0777-7, retrieved 15 January 2017
- ^ http://farsi.khamenei.ir/message-content?id=11435
- ^ "Iranian Leader Appoints New Army Commanders". People's Daily. 23 June 2000. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ^ http://farsi.khamenei.ir/message-content?id=18101
- ^ "Iran's regular army gets new chief as reshuffle goes on". Iran Focus. 11 September 2005. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ^ http://farsi.khamenei.ir/message-content?id=185
- ^ http://farsi.khamenei.ir/message-content?id=37445
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