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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.
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.
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]
The Quds Force is the IRGC's overseas arm , which heavily influences its allied militias across the Middle East, from Lebanon to Iraq, Yemen and Syria. ... The Guards' top commander, Major-General ...
DUBAI (Reuters) -The top commander of Iran's Quds Force, Esmail Qaani, is in "good health", the force's deputy commander Iraj Masjedi said on Monday, after two Iranian security sources told ...
(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.
IRGC: Ground Force: 10 September 1997 Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (1997–2007) 10 18 4 Mohammad Ali Jafari: IRGC: Ground Force: 3 September 2007 [7] Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (2007–2019) 17 27 5 Ataollah Salehi: IRIA: Ground Force: Unknown Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army (2005 ...
These individuals include IRGC Commander-in-Chief Major General Hossein Salami, and Esmail Qaani, commander of the Quds Force of the IRGC. [ 173 ] On 7 October, the Canadian government expanded the sanctions, banning 10,000 members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from entering the country permanently, which represents the top 50% of ...