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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsCommanders-in-Chief[edit]Deputy Commanders-in-Chief[edit]Chiefs of the Joint Staff[edit]Commanders of military branches[edit]Ground Forces[edit]Aerospace Force[edit]Navy[edit]Quds Force[edit]Basij[edit]Chairmen of intelligence agencies[edit]Intelligence Organization[edit]Intelligence Protection Organization[edit]Supreme Leader Representatives[edit]Ministers[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]Commanders-in-Chief[edit]Javad Mansouri was IRGC’s “first unofficial commander”[1] and acting during its “early formative phase”.[2]Abbas Agha-Zamani, however is considered the “first official operational commander” and was appointed by the Commander-in-Chief.[1]No.PortraitCommander-in-ChiefTook officeLeft officeTime in officeRef.\u2013Mansouri, JavadJavad MansouriActingMarch 1979May 19793 months[2]\u2013Chamran, MostafaMostafa Chamran(1932\u20131981)ActingSummer 1979Summer 1979de facto officeholder[2]\u2013Rafsanjani, AkbarAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani(1934\u20132017)ActingAugust 1979August 1979less than a month[2][1]\u2013Lahouti, HassanHassan LahoutiActingOctober 1979November 19792 months[1]\u2013Kian, FereydounLieutenant colonelFereydoun KianActinglate 1979late 1979Unknown[2]\u2013Khamenei, AliAli Khamenei(born 1939)Acting24 November 197924 February 198092\u00a0days[1]\u2013Duzduzani, AbbasAbbas Duzduzani(1942\u20132018)Acting19801980Unknown[1][3]1Agha-Zamani, AbbasAbbas Agha-Zamani2 June 198027 June 198025\u00a0days[4]2Rezaee, MortezaMorteza Rezaee\u00a0[fa]22 July 198020 September 19811\u00a0year, 60\u00a0days[4]3Rezaee, MohsenMajor generalMohsen Rezaee(born 1954)20 September 198119 September 199715\u00a0years, 364\u00a0days[4]4Safavi, Yahya RahimMajor generalYahya Rahim Safavi(born 1952)19 September 199710 September 20079\u00a0years, 356\u00a0days[4]5Jafari, Mohammad AliMajor generalMohammad Ali Jafari(born 1957)10 September 200721 April 201911\u00a0years, 223\u00a0days[4]6Salami, HosseinMajor generalHossein Salami(born 1960)21 April 2019Incumbent3\u00a0years, 353\u00a0days[5]Deputy Commanders-in-Chief[edit]No.PortraitDeputy Commander-in-ChiefTook officeLeft officeTime in officeRef.1Kolahdouz, YousefMajorYousef Kolahdouz(1946\u20131981)July 198029 September 19811\u00a0year, 90\u00a0days[6]2Shamkhani, AliAli Shamkhani(born 1955)June 198224 September 19897\u00a0years, 115\u00a0days[2][7]3Safavi, Yahya RahimYahya Rahim Safavi(born 1952)24 September 198910 September 19977\u00a0years, 351\u00a0days\u20134Bagher Zolghadr, MohammadBrigadier generalMohammad Bagher Zolghadr(born c. 1954\/1955)13 September 199730 April 20068\u00a0years, 229\u00a0days\u20135Rezaee, MortezaBrigadier generalMorteza Rezaee\u00a0[fa]30 April 200622 May 20082\u00a0years, 22\u00a0days\u20136Hejazi, MohammadBrigadier generalMohammad Hejazi(1956\u20132021)22 May 20084 October 20091\u00a0year, 135\u00a0days\u20137Salami, HosseinBrigadier generalHossein Salami(born 1960)4 October 200921 April 20199\u00a0years, 199\u00a0days\u20138Fadavi, AliCommodoreAli Fadavi(born 1961)16 May 2019Incumbent3\u00a0years, 328\u00a0days\u2013Chiefs of the Joint Staff[edit]Commanders of military branches[edit]Ground Forces[edit]Aerospace Force[edit]Navy[edit]Quds Force[edit]Basij[edit]Chairmen of intelligence agencies[edit]Intelligence Organization[edit]Intelligence Protection Organization[edit]Supreme Leader Representatives[edit]No.PortraitRepresentativeTook officeLeft officeTime in officeRef.1Lahouti, HassanHassan Lahouti197919790 years\u20132Mahallati, FazlollahFazlollah Mahallati198019810\u20131 years\u20133Taheri-Khorramabadi, HassanHassan Taheri-Khorramabadi198119820\u20131 years\u20134Faker, Mohammad-RezaMohammad-Reza Faker198219830\u20131 years\u2013(2)Mahallati, FazlollahFazlollah Mahallati198319862\u20133 years\u20135Nouri, AbdollahAbdollah Nouri(born 1950)198919900\u20131 years\u20136Mohammadi-Araghi, MahmoudMahmoud Mohammadi-Araghi199019910\u20131 years\u20137Movahedi-Kermani, AliAli Movahedi-Kermani(born 1931)1991200614\u201315 years\u20138Saeedi Shahroudi, AliAli Saeedi Shahroudi2006201811\u201312 years\u20139Hajisadeghi, AbdollahAbdollah Hajisadeghi2018Incumbent4\u20135 years\u2013Ministers[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]^ a b c d e f Steven O’Hern (2012). Iran’s Revolutionary Guard: The Threat That Grows While America Sleeps. Potomac Books, Inc. pp.\u00a018, 22\u201323. ISBN\u00a0978-1597977012.^ a b c d e f Nikola B. Schahgaldian, Gina Barkhordarian (March 1987), The Iranian Military Under the Islamic Republic (PDF), RAND, p.\u00a0118, ISBN\u00a0978-0-8330-0777-3, retrieved 15 January 2017^ Sinkaya, Bayram (2015), The Revolutionary Guards in Iranian Politics: Elites and Shifting Relations, Routledge, pp.\u00a096\u201397, ISBN\u00a0978-1317525646^ a b c d e Forozan, Hesam (2015), The Military in Post-Revolutionary Iran: The Evolution and Roles of the Revolutionary Guards, Routledge, Table 2.1: Commander-in-Chief of the Sepah Since 1979, p 59, ISBN\u00a09781317430742^ Gladstone, Rick. “Iran’s Supreme Leader Replaces Head of Revolutionary Guards”. NYT. Retrieved 21 April 2019.^ Allamian, Saeed (2016). I say for the history: Memories of Mohsen Rafighdoust (in Persian). Soore-ye Mehr. p.\u00a0127. ISBN\u00a09786000302931. Retrieved 8 November 2017.^ Katzman, Kenneth (September 1993). “The Pasdaran: institutionalization of revolutionary armed force”. Iranian Studies. 26 (3\u20134): 389\u2013402. doi:10.1080\/00210869308701809.Chiefs of the navy by countryAfricaAmericasAsiaEuropeOceania       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki21\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki21\/list-of-commanders-of-the-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"List of commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps"}}]}]