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Ali Fadavi
Ali Fadavi ( fa, علی فدوی) is an Iranian military officer who currently holds office as the second highest commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps hierarchy. Early life and education He was born in 1961. Fadavi studied at Isfahan University of Technology, where he gained a B.Sc. in electrical engineering and a MS in strategic management. Military career Fadavi joined the IRGC in 1983 and is a veteran of Iran–Iraq War. He served in the Quds Force, and have held "sensitive intelligence" positions. He saw combat during the Iran-Iraq war. His career includes intelligence assignments as the Chief of Intelligence for the Najaf, Nooh, and Hamzeh Seyyed Ol-Shohada Headquarters respectively, Chief of Intelligence for the IRGCN, and Chief of Intelligence for Khatemolanbia HQ. Fadavi also served as the IRGCN 1st Naval District Commander.https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1028527.pdf. This article incorporates public domain text rom this source. From 1997 to 2010, he w ...
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Sardar (IRGC)
Sardar ( fa, سردار), roughly equivalent to "General", is the honorific title used for officers of high rank, ranking Second Brigadier General and higher in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and commanders of the Law Enforcement Force of Islamic Republic of Iran (Police) who have previously served in the former military or the Islamic Revolution Committees, as well as the commanders of the disbanded Jihad of Construction. Sardars are often graduates of the University of Command and Staff. The title is equivalent to "''Amir''" or "''Timsar''" in the Islamic Republic of Iran Army , founded = , current_form = (Islamic Republic) , disbanded = , branches = , headquarters = Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters, Tehran , website = , commander-in-chief = Maj. Gen. .... Ranks being addressed by the title include: See also * Rank insignia of the Iranian military References Titles in Iran {{ ...
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Persian Gulf
The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Persis, Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a Mediterranean sea (oceanography), mediterranean sea in Western Asia. The body of water is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical NameWorking Paper No. 61, 23rd Session, Vienna, 28 March – 4 April 2006. accessed October 9, 2010 It is connected to the Gulf of Oman in the east by the Strait of Hormuz. The Shatt al-Arab river delta forms the northwest shoreline. The Persian Gulf has many fishing grounds, extensive reefs (mostly rocky, but also Coral reef, coral), and abundant pearl oysters, however its ecology has been damaged by industrialization and oil spills. The Persian Gulf is in the Persian Gulf Basin, which is of Cenozoic origin and related to the subduction of the Arabian Plate u ...
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1961 Births
Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (Koivulahti air disaster): Douglas DC-3C OH-LCC of Finnish airline Aero crashes near Kvevlax (Koivulahti), on approach to Vaasa Airport in Finland, killing all 25 on board, due to pilot error: an investigation finds that the captain and first officer were both exhausted for lack of sleep, and had consumed excessive amounts of alcohol at the time of the crash. It remains the deadliest air disaster to occur in the country. * January 5 ** Italian sculptor Alfredo Fioravanti marches into the U.S. Consulate in Rome, and confesses that he was part of the team that forged the Etruscan terracotta warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ** After the 1960 military coup, General Cemal Gürsel forms the new government of Turkey (25th gove ...
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Iranian Commodores
Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian languages, a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages * Iranian diaspora, Iranian people living outside Iran * Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia * Iranian foods, list of Iranian foods and dishes * Iranian.com, also known as ''The Iranian'' and ''The Iranian Times'' See also * Persian (other) * Iranians (other) * Languages of Iran * Ethnicities in Iran An ethnic group or an ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups. Those attributes can include common sets of traditions, ancestry, language, history, ...
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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Brigadier Generals
Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or ''Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the main and final Islamic prophet.Peters, F. E. 2009. "Allāh." In , edited by J. L. Esposito. Oxford: Oxford University Press. . (See alsoquick reference) " e Muslims' understanding of Allāh is based...on the Qurʿān's public witness. Allāh is Unique, the Creator, Sovereign, and Judge of mankind. It is Allāh who directs the universe through his direct action on nature and who has guided human history through his prophets, Abraham, with whom he made his covenant, Moses/Moosa, Jesus/Eesa, and Muḥammad, through all of whom he founded his chosen communities, the 'Peoples of the Book.'" It is the world's second-largest religion behind Christianity, with its followers ranging between 1-1.8 billion globally, or around a quarter of the world's pop ...
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Alireza Tangsiri
Commodore Alireza Tangsiri ( fa, علیرضا تنگسیری) is an Iranian military officer and the current commander of Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps appointed since 23 August 2018, replacing Ali Fadavi. U.S. sanctions On 24 June 2019, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned him, freezing any of his U.S. The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ... assets and banning U.S. persons from doing business with him. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Tangsiri, Alireza Living people 1962 births Iranian commodores Iranian individuals subject to the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions ...
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Mohammad Reza Naqdi
Mohammad Reza Naqdi (also spelled "Naghdi"; fa, محمدرضا نقدی) is a senior officer in the Revolutionary Guards. Background According to the biography published by the semi-official Fars News Agency, Naqdi was born in March 1961 in a middle-class religious family in Shapour neighbourhood of Tehran. Aging 16, he enrolled in University of Guilan in 1977 and co-founded its '' Anjoman-e Eslami''. He helped founding Jihad of Construction in June 1979, before joining the Revolutionary Guards Intelligence Unit. ''The Majalla'' claims that Naqdi is an Iraqi national with Iranian and Persian origins, son of Ali Akbar Thamahniy Shams, who was expelled in 1980 among convoys of Moaveds and was placed in the city of Naqadeh with his family. He was allegedly affiliated with the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq. Career Earlier in his career Naqdi served as the Iranian Police Force's Counter-Intelligence Chief and is also reported to have been involved in "crackdowns" during the 1 ...
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Joint Staff Of The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Joint Staff of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ( fa, ستاد مشترک سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی), formerly called General Staff (), was the chief of staff of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps with an aim to coordinate its military branches; and responsible for organization, support, and supervision of all executive affairs within the military. The office was originally created in late 1984 General Provost of IRGC was a subdivision to the Joint Staff. List of Chiefs See also * General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran * Joint Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Joint Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army ( fa, ستاد مشترک ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران), acronymed SEMAJA ( fa, سماجا), is the chief of staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army, the conventional military of ... References Iran 2 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Military units and formatio ...
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List Of Senior Officers Of The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
The following individuals have been identified as senior officers (currently or in the past) of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which is a branch of the Iranian Armed Forces. Commanders-in-Chief Javad Mansouri was IRGC's "first unofficial commander" and acting during its "early formative phase". Abbas Agha-Zamani, however is considered the "first official operational commander" and was appointed by the Commander-in-Chief. Deputy Commanders-in-Chief Chiefs of the Joint Staff Commanders of military branches Ground Forces Aerospace Force Navy Quds Force Basij Chairmen of intelligence agencies Intelligence Organization Intelligence Protection Organization Supreme Leader Representatives Ministers See also * List of commanders of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army References {{Authority control * Islamic Revolutionary Guards The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسدارا ...
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Hossein Salami
abdullah eslami (1960) is an Iranian military officer with the rank of major general, who is the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Early years Salami was born in 1960 in Golpayegan, Isfahan province, Iran. In 1978, he was accepted in the mechanical engineering department at the Iran University of Science and Technology. When the Iran–Iraq War started, he joined the IRGC. After the war, he continued his study and graduated with a Master's degree in defense management. Career On 21 April 2019, Ali Khamenei appointed Salami as the new Commander-in-Chief of the IRGC, replacing Mohammad Ali Jafari who had held the post since September 2007. On 20 June 2019, Salami became internationally known when the IRGC downed a US surveillance drone. On 7 January 2020, Salami spoke at the funeral of his comrade in arms and IRGC Quds force subordinate, Qasem Soleimani, who had been killed the previous Friday near Iraq's Baghdad International Airport by a US a ...
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