General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran

General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Persian: ستاد کل نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی ایران‎) is the most senior military body in Iran, with an aim to implement policy, monitor and coordinate activities within the Armed Forces.[5]

Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran
ستاد کل نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی ایران
Seal of the General Staff of the Armed Forces
Flag of the General Staff of the Armed Forces
Incumbent
Major general Mohammad Bagheri
since 28 June 2016
Armed Forces of Iran
TypeChief of the General Staff
StatusActive
Reports toMilitary office of the Supreme Leader[1]
AppointerSupreme Leader of Iran
Term lengthNo fixed length
FormationJune 1988[2][3][4]
First holderHassan Firouzabadi
DeputyBrigadier general Mohammadreza Gharaei Ashtiani

Iran's two existing separate militaries, the Islamic Republic of Iran Army (Arteš) and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Sepāh) are formally subordinate to the general staff; as well as Iran's sole national police force, the Law Enforcement Force.[5]

The organization was set up in 1989 in order to enhance cooperation and counterbalance the rivalry between the armed forces and is directly decreed by Supreme Leader of Iran, while the Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics, responsible for planning, logistics and funding of the armed forces is part of the executive branch under President of Iran.[5]

List of Chiefs
No. Portrait ChiefTook officeLeft officeTime in officeDefence branchDeputiesRef
Chief of the Headquarters of the General Command of Forces
–
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
(1934–2017)
Acting		July 198819880 yearsnonenone-
1
Mousavi, Mir-HosseinMir-Hossein Mousavi
(born 1942)		198819890–1 yearsnoneHassan Firouzabadi (1988–1989)-
Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces
1
Firouzabadi, HassanMajor general
Hassan Firouzabadi
(born 1951)		26 September 198928 June 201626 years, 276 days
Basij		Mohammad Forouzandeh (1989–1993)
Ali Sayad Shirazi (1993–1999)
Gholam Ali Rashid (1999–2016)		–
2
Bagheri, MohammadMajor general
Mohammad Bagheri
(born c. 1960)		28 June 2016Incumbent4 years, 216 days
IRGC		Abdolrahim Mousavi (2016–2017)
Ataollah Salehi (2017–2019)
Mohammadreza Gharaei (2019–)		–

See also

References
  1. Rouhi, Mahsa (2013). "Iran". In Hassner, Ron E. (ed.). Religion in the Military Worldwide. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 153. ISBN 1-107-51255-7.
  2. Cordesman, Anthony H. (1999). Iran's Military Forces in Transition: Conventional Threats and Weapons of Mass Destruction. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers. p. 276. ISBN 0-275-96529-5.
  3. Byman, Daniel; Chubin, Shahram; Ehteshami, Anoushiravan; Green, Jerrold D., eds. (2001). Iran's Security Policy in the Post-Revolutionary Era. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. p. 36. ISBN 0-8330-2971-1. JSTOR 10.7249/mr1320osd.2. MR-1320-OSD.
  4. Eisenstadt, Michael (2002). "The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran: An Assessment". In Rubin, Barry; Keaney, Thomas A. (eds.). Armed Forces in the Middle East: Politics and Strategy. Abingdon, Oxon: Frank Cass Publishers. p. 240. ISBN 0-7146-8245-4.
  5. Forozan, Hesam (2016). The Military in Post-Revolutionary Iran: The Evolution and Roles of the Revolutionary Guards. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. pp. 51–53. ISBN 978-1-138-91302-8.
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