Yahya Rahim Safavi

Sardar
Yahya Rahim Safavi
Born 1958 (age 59–60)
Isfahan, Iran
Allegiance Iran
Service/branch Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Years of service 1979–present
Rank Major General
Commands held Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Ground Forces
Battles/wars Iran–Iraq War
War on Terrorism (2001 uprising in Herat)
Awards 2nd grade Fath Medal[1]

Yahya "Rahim" Safavi (Persian: یحیى (رحیم) صفوی‎, born 1958) is an Iranian military commander who served as the chief commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from 1 September 1997 until 1 September 2007.

Early life

Safavi was born on 1958 to an Persian family in a village in Isfahan.

Career

Safavi was one of the leaders of the Iran–Iraq War. During the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, he played a key role in the uprising in Herat in November 2001, where American, Iranian and Northern Alliance troops supported a local uprising against the Taliban.

He served as the deputy commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps until 1997 when he was appointed its commander, replacing Mohsen Rezaee in 1997.[2]

He was replaced as commander of the IRGC by Mohammad Ali Jafari, former director of the Strategic Studies Center of the IRGC on 1 September 2007.[3] Then he was appointed the Supreme Leader Ali Khameini's special military advisor.[4]

Asset freeze

On 24 December 2006, Rahim Safavi was listed in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1737 asking for his assets (among others') to be frozen because of alleged involvements in Iranian nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Poursafa, Mahdi (20 January 2014). گزارش فارس از تاریخچه نشان‌های نظامی ایران، از «اقدس» تا «فتح»؛ مدال‌هایی که بر سینه سرداران ایرانی نشسته است [From "Aghdas" to "Fath": Medals resting on the chest of Iranian Serdars]. Fars News (in Persian). Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Rubin, Michael (Fall 2008). "Iran's Revolutionary Guards - A Rogue Outfit?". Middle East Quarterly. XV (4): 37–48. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  3. ↑ Sepehri, Vahid (4 September 2007). "Iran: New Commander Takes over Revolutionary Guards". Radio Free Europe. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  4. ↑ Frederic Wehrey; Jerrold D. Green; Brian Nichiporuk; Alireza Nader; Lydia Hansell; Rasool Nafisi; S. R. Bohandy (2009). "The Rise of the Pasdaran" (PDF). RAND Corporation. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Security Council imposes sanctions on Iran for failure to halt uranium enrichment, unanimously adopting Resolution 1737". United Nations.
Military offices
New title
Military branch created
 Commander of Ground Forces of the IRGC
1985 – 24 September 1989		 Succeeded by
Mostafa Izadi
Preceded by
Ali Shamkhani		 Second-in-Command of the IRGC
24 September 1989 – 10 September 1997		 Succeeded by
Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr
Preceded by
Mohsen Rezaee		 Commander-in-chief of the IRGC
10 September 1997 – 1 September 2007		 Succeeded by
Mohammad Ali Jafari
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