Joint Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army

Joint Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army (Persian: ستاد مشترک ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران‎), acronymed SEMAJA (Persian: سماجا‎), is the chief of staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army (Artesh), the "conventional military of Iran",[1] with an aim to coordinate its four military branches.[2] The Joint Staff has Central Provost and University of Command and Staff under control.

Not to be confused with General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Joint Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army
ستاد مشترک ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران
Seal of the Joint Staff of Islamic Republic of Iran Army
Founded1921
Current form1998
HeadquartersTehran, Iran
Leadership
Commander-in-ChiefMajor general Abdolrahim Mousavi
Chief of staffRear admiral Habibollah Sayyari

Structure reform

From 1921 to 1998, "Chairman of Chief of Staff" (Persian: فرمانده ستاد مشترک ارتش‎) was the highest-ranking position within the Artesh, however after the newly established office "Commander-in-Chief of Artesh" (Persian: فرمانده کل ارتش‎) position was founded in 1998,[3] the former position was deposed as a decision-making position and became the coordinator deputy of the Chief Commander (Persian: معاونت هماهنگ‌کننده ارتش‎). The position is currently held by Rear admiral Habibollah Sayyari, who is second-in-command and deputy of Major general Abdolrahim Mousavi.[4]

List of Chiefs

Chiefs-of-Staff of the Army
No. Portrait Chief-of-StaffTook officeLeft officeTime in office
Imperial Iranian Army
1
Jahanbani, AmanullahLieutenant general
Amanullah Jahanbani
(1895–1974)		192519260–1 years
2
Sheibani, HabibollahMajor general
Habibollah Sheibani		192619270–1 years
3
Nakhjavan, MohammadLieutenant general
Mohammad Nakhjavan		192719346–7 years
4
Zarghami, AzizollahAzizollah Zarghami193419416–7 years
5
Yazdanpanah, MortezaLieutenant general
Morteza Yazdanpanah		194119420–1 years
6
Arfa, HasanMajor general
Hasan Arfa
(1895–1984)		194219430–1 years
7
Razmara, HajMajor general
Haj Ali Razmara
(1901–1951)		194319430 years
8
Riazi, AliAli Riazi194319440–1 years
(7)
Razmara, HajMajor general
Haj Ali Razmara
(1901–1951)		194419440 years
(6)
Arfa, HasanMajor general
Hasan Arfa
(1895–1984)		194419461–2 years
9
Aghevli, FarajollahFarajollah Aghevli194619460 years
(7)
Razmara, HajMajor general
Haj Ali Razmara
(1901–1951)		194619503–4 years
10
Garzan, AbbasAbbas Garzan195019521–2 years
(5)
Yazdanpanah, MortezaLieutenant general
Morteza Yazdanpanah		195219520 years
11
Baharmast, MahmoudMajor general
Mahmoud Baharmast		195219530–1 years
12
Riahi, TaghiBrigadier general
Taghi Riahi
(1911–1989)		195319530 years
13
Batmanghelidj, NaderLieutenant general
Nader Batmanghelidj		195319551–2 years
14
Hedayat, AbdollahAbdollah Hedayat195519615–6 years
15
Hejazi, AbdolhosseinAbdolhossein Hejazi196119653–4 years
16
Aryana, BahramBahram Aryana
(1906–1985)		196519693–4 years
17
Djam, FereydounFereydoun Djam
(1914–2008)		196919711–2 years
19
Azhari, Gholam RezaGholam Reza Azhari
(1912–2001)		197119786–7 years
20
Gharabaghi, AbbasAbbas Gharabaghi
(1918–2000)		197819790–1 years
Islamic Republic of Iran Army
1
Gharani, Mohammad-ValiMajor general
Mohammad-Vali Gharani
(1913–1979)		12 February 197927 March 1979 †43 days
2
Farbod, NasserMajor general
Nasser Farbod
(1922–2019)		27 March 197912 July 1979107 days
3
Shaker, Mohammad-HosseinMajor general
Mohammad-Hossein Shaker		12 July 1979September 19791 month
4
Shadmehr, Mohammad-HadiMajor general
Mohammad-Hadi Shadmehr		February 198017 June 19804 months
5
Fallahi, ValiollahBrigadier general
Valiollah Fallahi
(1931–1981)		17 June 198029 September 1981 †1 year, 104 days
6
Zahirnejad, Qasem-AliBrigadier general
Qasem-Ali Zahirnejad
(1924–1999)		9 October 198125 October 19843 years, 16 days
7
Sohrabi, EsmaeilBrigadier general
Esmaeil Sohrabi
(born 1937)		25 October 19847 May 19883 years, 195 days
8
Shahbazi, AliMajor general
Ali Shahbazi		7 May 198819989–10 years

Commanders-in-Chief of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army
No. Portrait Commander-in-ChiefTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1
Shahbazi, AliMajor general
Ali Shahbazi		1998May 20001–2 years
2
Salimi, MohammadMajor general
Mohammad Salimi
(1937–2016)		May 2000September 20055 years, 4 months
3
Salehi, AtaollahMajor general
Ataollah Salehi
(born 1950)		September 200521 August 201711 years, 11 months
4
Mousavi, AbdolrahimMajor general
Abdolrahim Mousavi
(born 1960)		21 August 2017Incumbent3 years, 167 days

See also

References
  1. Simon, Rita J.; Abdel-Moneim, Mohamed Alaa (2011), A Handbook of Military Conscription and Composition the World Over, Lexington Books, pp. 152–153, ISBN 978-0739167526
  2. Hossein Aryan (November 15, 2011), The Artesh: Iran's Marginalized and Under-Armed Conventional Military, Middle East Institute, archived from the original on 2016-01-11, retrieved December 15, 2015
  3. Buchta, Wilfried (2000), Who rules Iran?: the structure of power in the Islamic Republic, Washington DC: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, p. 147, ISBN 0-944029-39-6
  4. Army's research books have replaced foreign text, IBNA, archived from the original on 2016-03-04, retrieved December 15, 2015


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