Mohammad Pakpour ( fa, محمد پاکپور) is a

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and Commander of 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 ...

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since 2009.

History

Mohammad Pakpour was involved with the IRGC at the beginning of the Islamic Revolution in the Kurdistan Province and was a veteran of the 8-year-long

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 ...

. His responsibilities include five years of Army Operations Command, commander of the 8th Najaf Division, commander of

31st Ashura Division 31st Ashura Division ( fa, لشکر 31 عاشورا) was a division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. It covers the provinces of East Azarbaijan, West Azarbaijan, and Ardabil. It was first officially organized as the 1st Ashura Brigade ( ...

of Command chief Army's Northern Command headquarters. Pakpur has a PhD in Political Geography and has had responsibility for measures such as fighting terrorism in the northwest of Iran and establishing sustainable security in the southeast region of Iran, as well as the holding of specialized exercises. During a maneuver in

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, he asserted that the IRGC wants to promote the security of the region and the abilities of armed forces and to demonstrate new tactics in military operations. He expressed that drones like

Hemaseh The HESA Hamaseh ( fa, حماسه, Ḥamāseh, lit=Epic) is an Iranian tactical and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with high flight endurance built by Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA). The Hamaseh was unveiled i ...

help to keep the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on their toes and shows the consistency and preparedness of the force.

U.S. sanctions

On 24 June 2019, the

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sanctioned him, freezing any of his

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assets and banning U.S. persons from doing business with him.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pakpour, Mohammad Living people Recipients of the Order of Fath Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps brigadier generals Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel of the Iran–Iraq War 1961 births Iranian individuals subject to the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions