Joint Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army
Joint Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army | |
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ستاد مشترک ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران | |
Seal of the Joint Staff of Islamic Republic of Iran Army | |
Founded | 1921 |
Current form | 1998 |
Headquarters | Tehran, Iran |
Leadership | |
Commander-in-Chief | Major general Abdolrahim Mousavi |
Chief of staff | Rear admiral Habibollah Sayyari |
Joint Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army (Persian: ستاد مشترک ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران), acronymed SEMAJA (Persian: سماجا), is the chief of staff of Iran's regular military, Islamic Republic of Iran Army (Artesh) with an aim to coordinate its four military branches.[1] The Joint Staff has Central Provost and University of Command and Staff under control.
Structure reform
From 1921 to 1998, "Chairman of Chief of Staff" (Persian: فرمانده ستاد مشترک ارتش) was the highest-ranking position within the Artesh, however after the newly established office "Commander-in-Chief of Artesh" (Persian: فرمانده کل ارتش) position was founded in 1998,[2] the former position was deposed as a decision-making position and became the coordinator deputy of the Chief Commander (Persian: معاونت هماهنگکننده ارتش). The position is currently held by Rear admiral Habibollah Sayyari, who is second-in-command and deputy of Major general Ataollah Salehi.[3]
List of Chiefs
Chiefs-of-Staff of the Imperial Iranian Army
№ | Chief-of-Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | |
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1 | Amanullah Jahanbani (1895–1974) | Lieutenant general1925 | 1926 | 0–1 years | |
2 | Habibollah Sheibani | Major general1926 | 1927 | 0–1 years | |
3 | Mohammad Nakhjavan | Lieutenant general1927 | 1934 | 6–7 years | |
4 | Azizollah Zarghami | 1934 | 1941 | 6–7 years | |
5 | Morteza Yazdanpanah | Lieutenant general1941 | 1942 | 0–1 years | |
6 | Hasan Arfa (1895–1984) | Major general1942 | 1943 | 0–1 years | |
7 | Haj Ali Razmara (1901–1951) | Major general1943 | 1943 | 0 years | |
8 | Ali Riazi | 1943 | 1944 | 0–1 years | |
(7) | Haj Ali Razmara (1901–1951) | Major general1944 | 1944 | 0 years | |
(6) | Hasan Arfa (1895–1984) | Major general1944 | 1946 | 1–2 years | |
9 | Farajollah Aghevli | 1946 | 1946 | 0 years | |
(7) | Haj Ali Razmara (1901–1951) | Major general1946 | 1950 | 3–4 years | |
10 | Abbas Garzan | 1950 | 1952 | 1–2 years | |
(5) | Morteza Yazdanpanah | Lieutenant general1952 | 1952 | 0 years | |
11 | Mahmoud Baharmast | Major general1952 | 1953 | 0–1 years | |
12 | Taghi Riahi (1911–1989) | Brigadier general1953 | 1953 | 0 years | |
13 | Nader Batmanghelidj | Lieutenant general1953 | 1955 | 1–2 years | |
14 | Abdollah Hedayat | 1955 | 1961 | 5–6 years | |
15 | Abdolhossein Hejazi | 1961 | 1965 | 3–4 years | |
16 | Bahram Aryana (1906–1985) | 1965 | 1969 | 3–4 years | |
17 | Fereydoun Djam (1914–2008) | 1969 | 1971 | 1–2 years | |
19 | Gholam Reza Azhari (1912–2001) | 1971 | 1978 | 6–7 years | |
20 | Abbas Gharabaghi (1918–2000) | 1978 | 1979 | 0–1 years |
Chiefs-of-Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army
№ | Chief-of-Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | |
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1 | Mohammad-Vali Gharani (1913–1979) | Major general12 February 1979 | 27 March 1979 † | days | 43|
2 | Nasser Farbod | Major general27 March 1979 | 12 July 1979 | days | 107|
3 | Mohammad-Hossein Shaker | Major general12 July 1979 | September 1979 | 1 month | |
4 | Mohammad-Hadi Shadmehr | Major generalFebruary 1980 | 17 June 1980 | 4 months | |
5 | Valiollah Fallahi (1931–1981) | Major general17 June 1980 | 29 September 1981 † | year, 104 days | 1|
6 | Qasem-Ali Zahirnejad (1924–1999) | Major general9 October 1981 | 25 October 1984 | years, 16 days | 3|
7 | Esmaeil Sohrabi (born 1937) | Brigadier general25 October 1984 | 7 May 1988 | years, 195 days | 3|
8 | Ali Shahbazi | Major general7 May 1988 | 1998 | 9–10 years |
Commanders-in-Chief of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army
№ | Commander-in-Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office | |
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1 | Ali Shahbazi | Major general1998 | May 2000 | 1–2 years | |
2 | Mohammad Salimi (1937–2016) | Major generalMay 2000 | September 2005 | 5 years, 4 months | |
3 | Ataollah Salehi (born 1950) | Major generalSeptember 2005 | 21 August 2017 | 11 years, 11 months | |
4 | Abdolrahim Mousavi (born 1960) | Major general21 August 2017 | Incumbent | year, 53 days | 1
See also
References
- ↑ Hossein Aryan (November 15, 2011), The Artesh: Iran’s Marginalized and Under-Armed Conventional Military, Middle East Institute, retrieved December 15, 2015
- ↑ Buchta, Wilfried (2000), Who rules Iran?: the structure of power in the Islamic Republic, Washington DC: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, p. 147, ISBN 0-944029-39-6
- ↑ Army's research books have replaced foreign text, IBNA, retrieved December 15, 2015