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Esmail Qaani (also spelled as Ismail Qaani; [2] [better source needed] Persian: اسماعیل قاآنی; born 8 August 1957) [3] is an Iranian brigadier general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and commander of its Quds Force, a division primarily responsible for extraterritorial operations.
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]
IRGC Commander Jafari announced on 16 September 2012 that Quds Force "were present" in Syria. [ 120 ] Coinciding with the Geneva II Conference on Syria in 2014, Iran boosted its presence in Syria with several "hundred" military specialists, including senior commanders from the Quds Force, according to Iranian sources and security experts.
The Quds Force handles Iran's relations with the "Axis of Resistance" composed of Tehran's Middle East proxies Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza, Yemen's Houthis and armed groups in Iraq.
Rear admiral Alireza Tangsiri (سردار دريادار پاسدار علیرضا تنگسیری) (Commander of IRGC Navy) [33] Brigadier General Esmail Qaani (Commander of Quds Force) [34] Brigadier General Gholamreza Soleimani (سردار سرتیپ پاسدار غلامرضا سلیمانی) (Commander of the Basij Resistance Force) [32]
(Reuters) - Iran's Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani has not been heard from since Israeli strikes on Beirut late last week, two senior Iranian security officials told Reuters.
Ground Force: 5 April 1999 Deputy Chief of the Armed Forces General Staff (1993–1999) 0 35 3 Mohammad Salimi: IRIA: Ground Force: 21 May 2000 [8] Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army (2000–2005) 5 32 4 Qasem Soleimani: IRGC: Quds Force: 24 January 2011 [9] Commander of the Quds Force (1998–2020) 14 32 5 Hassan Firouzabadi — 17 ...
The commander of the overseas arm of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards is well and will receive a medal from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei soon, the semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted ...