Joint Staff of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Joint Staff of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
ستاد مشترک سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی
Seal of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Founded 1984
Current form 2009
Headquarters Tehran, Iran
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief Maj. Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari
Chief of staff Commodore Ali Fadavi

Joint Staff of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Persian: ستاد مشترک سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی‎), formerly called General Staff[1] (ستاد کل), is the chief of staff of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps with an aim to coordinate its military branches; and responsible for organization, support, and supervision of all executive affairs within the military.[2] The office was originally created in late 1984[1] and is currently headed by Commodore Ali Fadavi.[3]

The officeholder is appointed by the IRGC's Commander-in-Chief.[2]

General Provost of IRGC is a subdivision to the Joint Staff.

List of Chiefs

№ ChiefTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1
Afshar, AlirezaBrigadier general
Alireza Afshar
(born c. 1951)		198419872–3 years
2
Forouzandeh, MohammadMohammad Forouzandeh
(born 1960)		198719891–2 years
3
Zolghadr, Mohammad BagherBrigadier general
Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr
(born c. 1954/1955)		198919977–8 years
4
Alaei, HosseinBrigadier general
Hossein Alaei		199720002–3 years
5
Ahmadian, Ali AkbarAli Akbar Ahmadian200020076–7 years
6
Hejazi, MohammadBrigadier general
Mohammad Hejazi
(born 1956)		200720080–1 years
7
Abromand, JamaladinBrigadier general
Jamaladin Abromand		200820189–10 years
8
Fadavi, AliCommodore
Ali Fadavi		2018Incumbent0 years

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Cordesman, Anthony H. (1999), Iran's Military Forces in Transition: Conventional Threats and Weapons of Mass Destruction, Greenwood Publishing Group, p. 35, ISBN 0-275-96529-5
  2. 1 2 Sinkaya, Bayram (2015), The Revolutionary Guards in Iranian Politics: Elites and Shifting Relations, Routledge, p. 53, ISBN 1-317-52564-7
  3. ↑ Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Iran Watch, retrieved 28 December 2015


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