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

Islamic Republic of Iran Army The Islamic Republic of Iran Army (), acronymed AJA (), commonly simplified as the Iranian Army, is the conventional military of Iran and part of the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces. It is tasked to protect the territorial integrity of th ...

, serving from 2005 until 2017. He graduated before the

Islamic Revolution The Iranian Revolution (, ), also known as the 1979 Revolution, or the Islamic Revolution of 1979 (, ) was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Im ...

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 the Iranian Army's Ground Forces,

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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 Supreme National Security Council (SNSC; ''Showrāye Āliye Amniyate Mellī'' also ''Supreme Council for National Security'') is the national security council of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The current secretary of the Supreme National Securi ...

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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).''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Salehi, Ataollah 1950 births Living people Islamic Republic of Iran Army major generals Commanders-in-chief of Islamic Republic of Iran Army Islamic Republic of Iran Army personnel of the Iran–Iraq War

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