Commander of the Iranian Navy

The Commander of the Iranian Navy (Persian: فرمانده نیروی دریایی ارتش) is the highest-ranking position of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, and has operational control and is responsible for overall operations of the navy. The current commander is Shahram Irani.

Commander of the Iranian Navy
Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Incumbent Commodore Shahram Irani since 17 August 2021
Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Member of	Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces
Reports to	Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army
Nominator	Commander-in-Chief of the Army
Appointer	Supreme Leader of Iran
Formation	1931; 93 years ago (1931)
First holder	Commodore Gholamali Bayandor
Deputy	Deputy commander

List of officeholders

No.	Portrait	Commander	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
Commander of the Imperial Iranian Navy
1		Shahbazi, AliCommodore Gholamali Bayandor (1898–1941)	1931	25 August 1941 †	9–10 years	–
2		Zelli, AbdollahCommodore Abdollah Zelli	1941	1952	10–11 years	[1]
3		Bayandor, GholamCommodore Gholam-Hossein Bayandor [fa]	1952	1954	1–2 years	[1]
4		Shahin, HabibollahRear admiral Habibollah Shahin [fa]	1954	1960	5–6 years	[1]
5		Rasaei, FarajollahAdmiral Farajollah Rasaei (1908–2002)	1960	July 1972	11–12 years	[1]
6		Ataie, AbbasRear admiral Abbas Ramzi Ataie	1972	1976	3–4 years	[1]
7		Rasaei, FarajollahVice admiral Kamal Habibollahi (1930–2016)	7 January 1976	11 February 1979	3 years	[1]
Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
–		AfsaripourCaptain Afsari-Pur Acting	1979	1979	0 years	[1][2]
1		Madani, AhmadCommodore Ahmad Madani (1929–2006)	1979	1979	0 years	[1]
2		Madani, AhmadCommodore Mahmoud Alavi	November 1979	26 February 1980	0 years	[1]
–		Tabatabaei, ACommodore A. Tabatabaei Acting	February 1980	May 1980	0 years	[1][2]
3		Afzali, BahramCaptain Bahram Afzali (1937–1984)	May 1980	24 April 1983	2 years	[1][3]
4		Hosseini, EsfandiarCaptain Esfandiar Hosseini (born 1937)	30 April 1983	25 June 1985	2 years	[1][4]
5		Malekzadegan, MohammadCommodore Mohammad-Hossein Malekzadegan (born 1944)	27 June 1985	30 October 1989	4 years	[1][4]
6		Shamkhani, AliCommodore Ali Shamkhani (born 1955)	30 October 1989	27 August 1997	7 years	[1][5]
7		Mohtaj, AbbasCommodore Abbas Mohtaj	27 August 1997	25 October 2005	8 years	[1]
8		Kouchaki, SajjadCommodore Sajjad Kouchaki (born 1955)	25 October 2005	29 August 2007	1–2 years	[1]
9		Sayyari, HabibollahCommodore Habibollah Sayyari (born 1955)	29 August 2007	5 November 2017	10 years	[1]
10		Sayyari, HabibollahCommodore Hossein Khanzadi (born 1967)	5 November 2017	17 August 2021	3 years	[6]
11		Irani, ShahramCommodore Shahram Irani (born 1968)	17 August 2021	Incumbent	3 years	[7]

References

1. "فرماندهان ارتش ایران از 1300 شمسی تا کنون". parsine.com (in Persian). 31 January 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
2. Schahgaldian & Barkhordarian 1987, p. 113.
3. Boroujerdi, Mehrzad; Rahimkhani, Kourosh (2018). Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook. Syracuse University Press. p. 63. ISBN 9780815654322.
4. Schahgaldian & Barkhordarian 1987, p. 114.
5. Zeb, Rizwan (12 February 2003). "The emerging Indo-Iranian strategic alliance and Pakistan". CACI Analyst. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
6. "Leader makes new appointments in Iran's Army", Mehr News Agency, 5 November 2017, 4135697, retrieved 5 November 2017
7. "Iran appoints new navy chief". apnews.com. Theran, Iran. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.

• Schahgaldian, Nikola B.; Barkhordarian, Gina (March 1987). The Iranian Military Under the Islamic Republic (PDF). RAND. ISBN 0-8330-0777-7. Retrieved 15 January 2017.