Mohammad Bagheri ( fa, محمد باقری, born Mohammad-Hossein Afshordi ( fa, محمدحسین افشردی) is an Iranian

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 ...

military commander serving at the most senior military position available in Iran, Chief of Staff for the

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. He holds the rank of

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within the Iranian military.

Career

Also, a

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expert with his experience dating back to the

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 holds a Ph.D. in

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and reportedly teaches at Iran's

Supreme National Defense University Supreme National Defense University ( fa, دانشگاه و پژوهشگاه عالی دفاع ملی و تحقیقات راهبردی, Daneshgah-e 'ali-ye Defa'-e Melli va Tahqiqat-e Rahbordi, lit=National Defense University and Institute for Stra ...

. In 1980, he joined the IRGC. Mohammad Bagheri and other commanders, including

Mohammad Ali Jafari Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari ( fa, محمدعلی جعفری, born 1 September 1957, also known as Aziz Jafari and Ali Jafari) is a former commander-in-chief of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps from 2007 to 2019. He was appointed by S ...

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 Is ...

, and

Gholam Ali Rashid Major general Gholam Ali Rashid ( fa, غلامعلی رشید) is the commander of Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarter and former deputy chief of the General Staff of Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran who was among decision-making comm ...

, are members of a group identified by the

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(AEI) as the IRGC Command Network. According to AEI's Critical Threats Project, the group "dominates the upper echelons of Iran's military and controls planning, operations, intelligence, covert and irregular warfare operations, and internal security." He was promoted from his previous position as deputy chief of staff for intelligence and operations in the

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on June 28, 2016, replacing

Hassan Firouzabadi Sayyid Hassan Aghaee Firouzabadi ( fa, حسن فيروزآبادی; 3 February 1951 – 3 September 2021) was an Iranian military officer. He served as the Chief-of-Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces—the most senior military authority in Iran� ...

Qasem Soleimani received Zolfaghar Order from Ali Khamenei 2

In October 2017, he visited Iranian troops in Aleppo province in northern

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. In February 2022, according to ''

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'', Bagheri announced that Iran will continue advancing its ballistic missile programme, both "in terms of quantity and quality". On 21 October 2022, a White House press release stated that Iranian troops were in Crimea assisting

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in launching drone attacks. Bagheri was the commander overseeing the Iranian army branches supplying Russia with drones.

Personal life

His elder brother,

Hasan Bagheri Hassan, Hasan, Hassane, Haasana, Hassaan, Asan, Hassun, Hasun, Hassen, Hasson or Hasani may refer to: People *Hassan (given name), Arabic given name and a list of people with that given name *Hassan (surname), Arabic, Jewish, Irish, and Scottis ...

, was a commander in the

Sanctions

On April 8, 2019, the

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designated Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a foreign terrorist organization. Prime Minister

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Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

immediately thanked

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on Twitter. "We consider the U.S. troops in

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to be terrorists and if they do a damn thing, we will confront them vigorously" Mohammad Bagheri said. In September 2022, following harsh suppression of protesters during the

Mahsa Amini protests Civil unrest and protests against the government of Iran associated with the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini ( fa, مهسا امینی) began on 16 September 2022 and are ongoing as of December 2022. Amini had been arrested by the Guida ...

, Mohammad Bagheri was sanctioned by the United States and Canada.

References

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Career

Personal life

Sanctions

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References