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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]
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 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.
According to Ali Alfoneh, Soleimani was appointed as the commander of the IRGC's Quds Force between 10 September 1997 and 21 March 1998. [40] Soleimani strengthened the relationship between Quds Force and Hezbollah upon his appointment, and supported the latter by sending in operatives to assist in forcing Israel's withdrawal and the end to the ...
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 ...