Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran
ستاد کل نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی ایران (Persian)
Seal of the General Staff of the Armed Forces
Flag of the General Staff of the Armed Forces
Incumbent
Major General Mohammad Bagheri
since 28 June 2016
Armed Forces of Iran
TypeChief of the General Staff
Reports toMilitary office of the Supreme Leader[1]
AppointerSupreme Leader of Iran
FormationJune 1988[2][3][4]
First holderHassan Firouzabadi
DeputyBrigadier general Aziz Nasirzadeh

General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Persian: ستاد کل نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی ایران, romanized: setad-e kol-e niruha-ye maslah-e jomhoori-ye islami-ye iran) is the most senior military body in Iran, to implement policy, monitor and coordinate activities within the Armed Forces.[5]

Iran's two existing separate militaries, the Islamic Republic of Iran Army (Arteš) and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Sepāh) are formally subordinate to the general staff, as well as Iran's sole national police force, the Law Enforcement Command.[5]

The organization was set up in 1989 to enhance cooperation and counterbalance the rivalry between the armed forces and is directly decreed by Supreme Leader of Iran, while the Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics, responsible for planning, logistics and funding of the armed forces is part of the executive branch under the President of Iran.[5]

List of Chiefs

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No. Portrait Chief Took office Left office Time in office Defence branch Deputies Ref.
Chief of the Headquarters of the General Command of Forces
–
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
(1934–2017)
Acting		July 198819880 yearsnonenone–
1
Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Mousavi, Mir-HosseinMir-Hossein Mousavi
(born 1942)		198819890–1 yearsnoneHassan Firouzabadi (1988–1989)–
Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces
1
Hassan Firouzabadi
Firouzabadi, HassanMajor general
Hassan Firouzabadi
(1951–2021[6])		26 September 198928 June 201626 years, 276 days
Basij		Mohammad Forouzandeh (1989–1993)
Ali Sayad Shirazi (1993–1999)
Gholam Ali Rashid (1999–2016)		–
2
Mohammad Bagheri
Bagheri, MohammadMajor general
Mohammad Bagheri
(born c. 1960)		28 June 2016Incumbent7 years, 286 days
IRGC		Abdolrahim Mousavi (2016–2017)
Ataollah Salehi (2017–2019)
Mohammad-Reza Gharaei Ashtiani (2019–2021)
Aziz Nasirzadeh (2021–)		–

See also

References

  1. ^ Rouhi, Mahsa (2013). "Iran". In Hassner, Ron E. (ed.). Religion in the Military Worldwide. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-1-107-51255-9.
  2. ^ Cordesman, Anthony H. (1999). Iran's Military Forces in Transition: Conventional Threats and Weapons of Mass Destruction. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers. p. 276. ISBN 0-275-96529-5.
  3. ^ Byman, Daniel; Chubin, Shahram; Ehteshami, Anoushiravan; Green, Jerrold (2001). "Preface". In Byman, Daniel; Chubin, Shahram; Ehteshami, Anoushiravan; Green, Jerrold D. (eds.). Iran's Security Policy in the Post-Revolutionary Era. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. pp. iii–iv. ISBN 0-8330-2971-1. JSTOR 10.7249/mr1320osd.2. MR-1320-OSD.
  4. ^ Eisenstadt, Michael (2002). "The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran: An Assessment". In Rubin, Barry; Keaney, Thomas A. (eds.). Armed Forces in the Middle East: Politics and Strategy. Abingdon, Oxon: Frank Cass Publishers. p. 240. ISBN 0-7146-8245-4.
  5. ^ a b c Forozan, Hesam (2016). The Military in Post-Revolutionary Iran: The Evolution and Roles of the Revolutionary Guards. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. pp. 51–53. ISBN 978-1-138-91302-8.
  6. ^ "Iran supreme leader's senior military advisor Firouzabadi dies". Al Arabiya English. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
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