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While Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps did not use military ranks until 1991, [2] the Islamic Republic of Iran Army was mainly headed by mere colonels until the first post-revolutionary promotion ceremony of its personnel to general ranks in May 1987, in which Qasem-Ali Zahirnejad was the only one promoted to two-star rank. [3]
The following individuals have been identified as commanding officers (currently or in the past) of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army (AJA), which is a branch of the Iranian Armed Forces. Chiefs of the Joint Staff
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 Mosallah-e Jomhuri-ye Islami-ye Iran) is the most senior military body in Iran, to implement policy, monitor and coordinate activities within the Armed Forces. [5]
The Iranian Armed Forces, [a] officially the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces, [b] are the combined military forces of Iran, comprising the Islamic Republic of Iran Army (Artesh), the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Sepah) and the Law Enforcement Command (Faraja). Iranian Armed Forces are the largest in the Middle East in terms of ...
The 1941 invasion by the Allies of World War II resulted in a decisive loss for the Iranian forces, the deposition of Iran's Shah and five years of subsequent occupation, [3] while the 1980 Iraqi invasion began the Iran–Iraq War, which lasted almost eight years and ended in status quo ante bellum. The army has also been actively engaged in ...
Iran has made threats against Fort McNair, an Army base in the nation's capital, and against the Army’s vice chief of staff, two senior U.S. intelligence officials said. The intelligence also ...
Bagheri was the commander overseeing the Iranian army branches supplying Russia with drones. [13] On 3 December 2023, Iranian Armed Forces General Staff Chief Major General Mohammad Bagheri implied during meetings in Baghdad that Iran could become directly involved in this escalation with the United States to support the effort to expel US ...
Iran backs Hamas, which is at war with Israel in Gaza, and also the Lebanese group Hezbollah, whose senior military commander Fuad Shukr was killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut last week.