Ali Fadavi () is an Iranian

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who in 2018 was appointed the deputy commander-in-chief of the

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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 the

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. He served in the

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, 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 was deputy commander of the IRGC Naval forces and later commanded the branch from May 2010 to 23 August 2018. On 23 August 2018, he was appointed to the position of IRGC coordinator deputy, replacing Jamaladin Aberoumand.

Awards

In February 2016, Fadavi along with other commanders of the

received Fath medal for arresting

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on January 12, 2016, in the

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References

* Adam Kredo. "Iran vows to destroy the U.S. Navy". ''The Washington Times''. 2014–10–10. Retrieved 2015–11–29. * Dareini, Ali Akbar. "Iran admiral: US ships are a target in case of war". Yahoo News. 2014–05–06. Retrieved 2015–11–29. *

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articles on Ali Fadavi, updated as required. {{DEFAULTSORT:Fadavi, Ali Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps brigadier generals Recipients of the Order of Fath Iranian commodores 1961 births Living people Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel of the Iran–Iraq War Quds Force personnel