Esmail Ahmadi-Moghaddam ( fa, اسماعیل احمدی‌مقدم) is an Iranian retired military officer who served as Iran's

Chief of police Chief may refer to: Title or rank Military and law enforcement * Chief master sergeant, the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force * Chief of police, the head of a police department * Chief of the b ...

, the chief commander of

Law Enforcement Force of Islamic Republic of Iran , mottotranslated = "Be steadfast witnesses for Allah in equity" ( Heraldry slogan) , formedyear = 1991 , formedmonthday = April 1 , preceding1 = Shahrbani (1913–1991) Gendarmerie (1910–1991)Committee (1979–1991) , ...

, from 2005 to 2015. Prior to the appointment, he served as deputy of

Basij militia The Basij ( fa, بسيج, lit. "The Mobilization"), Niru-ye Moghāvemat-e Basij ( fa, نیروی مقاومت بسیج, "Resistance Mobilization Force"), full name Sâzmân-e Basij-e Mostaz'afin ( fa, سازمان بسیج مستضعفین, "The ...

and its commander in Greater Tehran. Ahmadi-Moghaddam started his career at

Islamic Revolution Committees Islamic Revolution Committees or Committees of Islamic Revolution ( fa, کمیته‌های انقلاب اسلامی, Komitehāye Enqelābe Eslāmi), simply known as the Committee ( fa, کمیته, Komīte), was a law enforcement force in Iran act ...

and later was transferred to

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enghelāb-e Eslāmi, lit=Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution also Sepāh or Pasdaran for short) is a branch o ...

. Ahmadi-Moghaddam has got a BA in Social Sciences from

University of Tehran The University of Tehran (Tehran University or UT, fa, دانشگاه تهران) is the most prominent university located in Tehran, Iran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching pro ...

and obtained a master's degree in defense management from Army's University of Command and Staff, continued by a Ph.D. from

Supreme National Defense University Supreme National Defense University ( fa, دانشگاه و پژوهشگاه عالی دفاع ملی و تحقیقات راهبردی, Daneshgah-e 'ali-ye Defa'-e Melli va Tahqiqat-e Rahbordi, lit=National Defense University and Institute for Stra ...

in military sciences. For some time, he was commandant of Police University.

References

Living people Chief commanders of Law Enforcement Force of Islamic Republic of Iran 1961 births Military personnel from Tehran University of Tehran alumni Islamic Revolution Committees personnel Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel of the Iran–Iraq War {{law-enforcement-bio-stub