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 The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enghelāb-e Eslāmi, lit=Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution also Sepāh or Pasdaran for short) is a branch o ...

hierarchy.

Early life and education

He was born in 1961. Fadavi studied at

Isfahan University of Technology Isfahan university of technology (IUT) ( fa, دانشگاه صنعتی اصفهان) ''Dāneshgāh-e San'ati-ye Esfahān'') is one of the pioneers among Iran's public universities and is located near the city of Isfahan, Isfahan province. IUT has 1 ...

, 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 The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. It began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for almost eight years, until the acceptance of United Nations Security Council ...

. He served in the

Quds Force The Quds Force ( fa, نیروی قدس, niru-ye qods, Jerusalem Force) is one of five branches of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) specializing in unconventional warfare and military intelligence operations. U.S. Army's Iraq War ...

, 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 was deputy commander of the IRGC Naval forces and later commanded the branch from May 2010 to 23 August 2018. On 23 August 2018 he was appointed to the position of IRGC coordinator deputy, replacing Jamaladin Aberoumand.

Awards

In February 2016, Fadavi along with other commanders of the

received

Fath medal The Fath Medal ( fa, نشان فتح, meaning ''Conquer Medal'') is a military award of the Iranian armed forces which is awarded by Commander-in-chief, Supreme Leader of Iran. The medal is the likeness of three Palm leaves over Khorramshahr's g ...

for arresting

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on January 12, 2016 in the

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), me ...

References

* Adam Kredo. "Iran vows to destroy the U.S. Navy". ''The Washington Times''. 2014–10–10. Retrieved 2015–11–29. * Dareini, Ali Akbar. "Iran admiral: US ships are a target in case of war". Yahoo News. 2014–05–06. Retrieved 2015–11–29. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fadavi, Ali Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps brigadier generals Recipients of the Order of Fath Iranian commodores 1961 births Living people Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel of the Iran–Iraq War Quds Force personnel