Hossein Khanzadi ( fa, حسین خانزادی) is an Iranian hovercraft pilot in the
regular military (''Artesh'') who served as the
Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy from November 2017 to August 2021. On 17 August 2021, Rear Admiral Khanzadi was replaced by
Shahram Irani
Shahram Irani ( fa, شهرام ایرانی) is an Iranian military officer of Kurdish ethnicity and the current Commander of the Iranian Navy
The Commander of the Iranian Navy ( fa, فرمانده نیروی دریایی ارتش) is the high ...
, the first
Sunni high ranking commander on the orders of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayed
Ali Khamenei.
During his tenure, the navy lost three vessels in non-combat incidents, namely , and .
References
Living people
Islamic Republic of Iran Navy commodores
Commanders of Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from Gorgan
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