Ataollah Salehi ( fa, عطاءالله صالحی; born 9 March 1950) is the former and third commander-in-chief of the

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, serving from 2005 until 2017. He graduated before the Islamic Revolution from the Iranian Army's military academy in 1971 with the rank of

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Second Lieutenant of the Army's Ground Forces. He has the direct operational command authority over the commanders of Iranian Army's

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and Air Defense Base. As head of Iran's regular military he was a member of Iran's Supreme National Security Council.

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''The enemy has gone insane and given the insane enemy's history, we should always be prepared.'' ''The Iranian nation will observe that we will manufacture the largest destroyer and the most advanced submarines in the region. Mass production of fighter jets, the samples of which were unveiled last year (2008), and plans to manufacture vessels and submarines will be on our agenda in the new (Iranian) year (started 20 March).'' ''Israel can never make its threat operational.''

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