General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Highest ranked officer of the Iranian Armed Forces From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Highest ranked officer of the Iranian Armed Forces From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Persian: ستاد کل نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی ایران, romanized: Setad-e Kol-e Niruha-ye Mosallah-e Jomhuri-ye Islami-ye Iran) is the most senior military body in Iran, to implement policy, monitor and coordinate activities within the Armed Forces.[5]
Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran | |
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ستاد کل نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی ایران (Persian) | |
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Armed Forces of Iran | |
Type | Chief of the General Staff |
Reports to | Military office of the Supreme Leader[1] |
Appointer | Supreme Leader of Iran |
Formation | June 1988[2][3][4] |
First holder | Hassan Firouzabadi |
Deputy | Brigadier general Aziz Nasirzadeh |
Iran's two existing separate militaries, the Islamic Republic of Iran Army (Arteš) and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Sepāh) are formally subordinate to the general staff, as well as Iran's sole national police force, the Law Enforcement Command.[5]
The organization was set up in 1989 to enhance cooperation and counterbalance the rivalry between the armed forces and is directly decreed by Supreme Leader of Iran, while the Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics, responsible for planning, logistics and funding of the armed forces is part of the executive branch under the President of Iran.[5]
No. | Portrait | Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | Deputies | Ref. |
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Chief of the Headquarters of the General Command of Forces | ||||||||
– | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1934–2017) Acting | July 1988 | 1988 | 0 years | none | none | – | |
1 | Mir-Hossein Mousavi (born 1942) | 1988 | 1989 | 0–1 years | none | Hassan Firouzabadi (1988–1989) | – | |
Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces | ||||||||
1 | Hassan Firouzabadi (1951–2021[6]) | Major general26 September 1989 | 28 June 2016 | 26 years, 276 days | ![]() Basij | Mohammad Forouzandeh (1989–1993) Ali Sayad Shirazi (1993–1999) Gholam Ali Rashid (1999–2016) | – | |
2 | Mohammad Bagheri (born c. 1960) | Major general28 June 2016 | Incumbent | 8 years, 59 days | ![]() IRGC | Abdolrahim Mousavi (2016–2017) Ataollah Salehi (2017–2019) Mohammad-Reza Gharaei Ashtiani (2019–2021) Aziz Nasirzadeh (2021–2024) | – |