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List Of Senior Officers Of The Islamic Revolutionary Guards
The following individuals have been identified as senior officers (currently or in the past) of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which is a branch of the Iranian Armed Forces. Commanders-in-Chief Javad Mansouri was IRGC's "first unofficial commander" and acting during its "early formative phase". Abbas Agha-Zamani, however is considered the "first official operational commander" and was appointed by the Commander-in-Chief. Deputy Commanders-in-Chief Chiefs of the Joint Staff Commanders of military branches Ground Forces Aerospace Force Navy Quds Force Basij Chairmen of intelligence agencies Intelligence Organization Intelligence Protection Organization Supreme Leader Representatives Ministers See also * List of commanders of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army References {{Authority control * Islamic Revolutionary Guards The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسدارا ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Officer (armed Forces)
An officer is a person who holds a position of authority as a member of an armed force or uniformed service. Broadly speaking, "officer" means a commissioned officer, a non-commissioned officer, or a warrant officer. However, absent contextual qualification, the term typically refers only to a force's ''commissioned officers'', the more senior members who derive their authority from a commission from the head of state. Numbers The proportion of officers varies greatly. Commissioned officers typically make up between an eighth and a fifth of modern armed forces personnel. In 2013, officers were the senior 17% of the British armed forces, and the senior 13.7% of the French armed forces. In 2012, officers made up about 18% of the German armed forces, and about 17.2% of the United States armed forces. Historically, however, armed forces have generally had much lower proportions of officers. During the First World War, fewer than 5% of British soldiers were officers (partly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yousef Kolahdouz
Yousef Kolahdouz (December 22, 1946 – September 30, 1981; fa, یوسف کلاهدوز) was an Iranian general during the Iran-Iraq War. He is also counted as one of the founders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He became deputy commander of what was then known as the "Iranian Revolutionary Guards" shortly after the Iranian Revolution. Kolahdouz was killed, when the Iranian Air Force Lockheed C-130 he was in crashed, near Tehran, in 1981; also killed in the crash of C-130H 5-8552 were the Minister of Defense and other high-ranking officers. In his memory, a street in Tehran is named after him. Birthday He was born in Ghouchan, Mashhad. His mother's family originally were from Armenia and immigrate to Iran in 1923. Azizeh, the mother of Yousef, was the third child in her family. Hasan, the father of Yousef, had a store in Ghouchan. When Yousef went to join high school, since he was interested in regularity and orders in nature, he chose the major of Mathematics-physi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Saeedi Shahroudi
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. The issue of his succession caused a major rift between Muslims and divided them into Shia and Sunni groups. Ali was assassinated in the Grand Mosque of Kufa in 661 by the forces of Mu'awiya, who went on to found the Umayyad Caliphate. The Imam Ali Shrine and the city of Najaf were built around Ali's tomb and it is visited yearly by millions of devotees. Ali was a cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, raised by him from the age of 5, and accepted his claim of divine revelation by age 11, being among the first to do so. Ali played a pivotal role in the early years of Islam while Muhammad was in Mecca and under severe persecution. After Muhammad's relocation to Medina in 622, Ali married his daughter Fatima and, among others, fathered Hasa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Movahedi-Kermani
Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi-Kermani ( fa, محمدعلی موحدی کرمانی) is Tehran's Friday Prayer Ephemeral Imam and the former secretary-general of Combatant Clergy Association. He is also a member of the Assembly of Experts. He is a conservative and principlist politician. He was formerly one of the deputy speakers in the Islamic Consultative Assembly. Political career Movahedi won 685,974 votes of the Kerman Province for his re-election to the 4th Assembly of Experts. He was ranked 2nd after Ahmad Khatami in the constituency. Views 2019 Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani in Tehran Friday prayer declared that Telegram is haram and requested National Information Network deployment like great firewall of china. Movahedi-Kermani asserts that one must adhere to the instruction of the Chief Islamic Jurisprudent, according to the doctrine of '' Velayat-e faqih''. He also believes that the United States is trying to "portray the clergy and religion as failures." [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahmoud Mohammadi-Araghi
Mahmud is a transliteration of the male Arabic given name (), common in most parts of the Islamic world. It comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D, meaning ''praise'', along with ''Muhammad''. Siam Mahmud *Mahmood (singer) (born 1992), full name Alessandro Mahmoud, Italian singer of Italian and Egyptian origin *Mahmoud (horse) (foaled 1933), France, French-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred Horse racing, racehorse and Horse breeding#Terminology, sire *Mehmood (actor), Indian actor, singer, director and producer Given name Mahmood *Mahmood Ali (1928–2008), Pakistani radio, television and stage artist *Mahmood Hussain (cricketer) (1932–1991), Pakistani Test cricketer *Lozells and East Handsworth (ward)#Politics, Mahmood Hussain (councillor), former Lord Mayor of Birmingham, England *Mahmood Mamdani (born 1946), Ugandan academic, author and political commentator *Mahmood Monshipouri (born 1952), Iranian-born American scholar, educator, and author *Mahmood Shaam (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdollah Nouri
Abdollah Noori ( fa, عبدالله نوری ) is an Iranian cleric and reformist politician. Despite his "long history of service to the Islamic Republic," he became the most senior Islamic politician to be sentenced to prison since the Iranian Revolution, when he was sentenced to five years in prison for political and religious dissent in 1999. He has been called the "bête noire" of Islamic conservatives in Iran. Noori is a senior member of Association of Combatant Clerics, and also close ally of the Executives of Construction Party. Career Abdollah Nouri was called a "trusted lieutenant" of Ayatollah Khomeini who was "the religious guide to the Revolutionary Guards early in the revolution."Sciolino, Elaine ''Persian Mirrors: the Elusive Face of Irans'', Free Press, 2000, 2005 p. 307-8 Khomeini appointed him as his representative to many other important organisations as well. Khomeini's successor, supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, also appointed him a member "of a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad-Reza Faker
Mohammad-Reza ( fa, محمدرضا, also spelled as Mohammad Reza, or Mohammadreza) is a popular male given name in Iran. '' Mohammad'' and '' Reza'' are both Arabic names which are popular in the whole Muslim world. However, the usage of the compound given name ''Mohammad-Reza'' is mostly popular in the modern Iran (mostly among those who are born after 1926, when Reza Shah was crowned and his son, Mohammad-Reza, became the crown prince). People * Mohammad-Reza Adelkhani * Mohammad-Reza Amin * Mohammad-Reza Aref * Mohammad-Reza Bahonar * Mohammad-Reza Bateni * Mohammad Reza Eskandari * Mohammad-Reza Foroutan * Mohammad Reza Golzar * Mohammad-Reza Golpaygani * Mohammad-Reza Hafeznia * Mohammad-Reza Hedayati * Mohammad-Reza Heidarian * Mohammad-Reza Honarmand * Mohammad Reza Jozi * Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (footballer, born 1948) * Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (footballer, born 1983) * Mohammad-Reza Khatami * Mohammad-Reza Lotfi * Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi * Mohammad-Reza Mahdav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hassan Taheri-Khorramabadi
Hassan, Hasan, Hassane, Haasana, Hassaan, Asan, Hassun, Hasun, Hassen, Hasson or Hasani may refer to: People * Hassan (given name), Arabic given name and a list of people with that given name *Hassan (surname), Arabic, Jewish, Irish, and Scottish surname and a list of people with that surname Places * Hassan (crater), an impact crater on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn Africa * Abou El Hassan District, Algeria *Hassan Tower, the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat, Morocco * Hassan I Dam, on the Lakhdar River in Morocco * Hassan I Airport, serving El Aaiún, Western Sahara Americas *Chanhassen, Minnesota, a city in Minnesota, United States * Hassan Township, Minnesota, a city in Minnesota, United States Asia *Hassan, Karnataka, a city and district headquarters in Karnataka, India **Hassan District, a district headquartered in Karnataka, India ** Hassan (Lok Sabha constituency) **Hassan Airport, Karnataka *Hass, Syria, a town in Idlib Governorate, Syria * Hasan, Ilam, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fazlollah Mahallati
Fazlallah, also spelled Fadlallah, Fazlollah, Fazlullah etc. ( ar, فضل الله )) is a male Muslim given name, composed of the elements ''Fadl'' and ''Allah'', meaning ''bounty of God''. In modern usage it may serve as a surname. It may refer to: Given name * Fazlallah Astarabadi (Naimi) (1340–1394), Azerbaijani mystic, the leader of the Hurifis * Fazlullah Mojadeddi (1957–2021), Afghan fighter and politician * Fazlullah MPA (born 1980), Pakistani politician * Sheikh Fazlollah Noori (1843–1909), Iranian Shiite cleric, executed for treason * Fazlollah Reza (1915–2019), Iranian university professor of engineering * Fazlullah Wahidi (born 1951), Afghan social worker and politician * Fazlollah Zahedi (ca. 1897–1963), Iranian general and statesman Surname * Hassan Fadlallah (born 1967), Lebanese politician * Mahmoud Abdel Razek Fadlallah, known as Shikabala (born 1986), Egyptian footballer * Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah (1935–2010), Lebanese Grand Ayatollah * Maulana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Fadavi
Ali Fadavi ( fa, علی فدوی) is an Iranian military officer who currently holds office as the second highest commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps hierarchy. Early life and education He was born in 1961. Fadavi studied at Isfahan University of Technology, where he gained a B.Sc. in electrical engineering and a MS in strategic management. Military career Fadavi joined the IRGC in 1983 and is a veteran of Iran–Iraq War. He served in the Quds Force, and have held "sensitive intelligence" positions. He saw combat during the Iran-Iraq war. His career includes intelligence assignments as the Chief of Intelligence for the Najaf, Nooh, and Hamzeh Seyyed Ol-Shohada Headquarters respectively, Chief of Intelligence for the IRGCN, and Chief of Intelligence for Khatemolanbia HQ. Fadavi also served as the IRGCN 1st Naval District Commander.https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1028527.pdf. This article incorporates public domain text rom this source. From 1997 to 2010, he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commodore (rank)
Commodore is a senior naval rank used in many navies which is equivalent to brigadier and air commodore. It is superior to a navy captain, but below a rear admiral. It is either regarded as the most junior of the flag officers rank or may not hold the jurisdiction of a flag officer at all depending on the officer's appointment. Non-English-speaking nations commonly use the rank of flotilla admiral, counter admiral, or senior captain as an equivalent, although counter admiral may also correspond to ''rear admiral lower half'' abbreviated as RDML. Traditionally, "commodore" is the title for any officer assigned to command more than one ship, even temporarily, much as "captain" is the traditional title for the commanding officer of a single ship even if the officer's official title in the service is a lower rank. As an official rank, a commodore typically commands a flotilla or squadron of ships as part of a larger task force or naval fleet commanded by an admiral. A com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Hejazi
Mohammad Hossein-Zadeh Hejazi ( fa, محمد حسینزاده حجازی, 20 January 1956 – 18 April 2021) was a military commander in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Early life and education Hejazi was born in Isfahan in 1956. He attended the University of Tehran. Career Hejazi became a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in May 1979. He served as the intelligence and security advisor to the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. He was a former commander of Basij, the auxiliary Iranian paramilitary branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. On January 20, 2020, he became the Deputy Commander of the Quds Force, by decree of the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei. Allegations It is alleged by the American Jewish Committee that Hejazi, while serving as an advisor to Khamanei, attended a meeting in August 1993 to plan the AMIA bombing in Argentina along with Khamanei, Rafsanjani, then president, Ali Fallahian, then intelligence minister, and Ali Akbar Velayati, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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