Commander_of_the_Iranian_Navy
Commander of the Iranian Navy
Top naval officer in Iran
The Commander of the Iranian Navy (Persian: فرمانده نیروی دریایی ارتش) is the highest-ranking position of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, and has operational control and is responsible for overall operations of the navy. The current commander is Shahram Irani.
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| Commander of the Iranian Navy | |
|---|---|
 Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy | |
 Islamic Republic of Iran Navy | |
| Member of | Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces |
| Reports to | Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army |
| Nominator | Commander-in-Chief of the Army |
| Appointer | Supreme Leader of Iran |
| Formation | 1931; 93 years ago (1931) |
| First holder | Commodore Gholamali Bayandor |
| Deputy | Deputy commander |
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| No. | Portrait | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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| 1 |  | Shahbazi, AliCommodore Gholamali Bayandor (1898–1941) | 1931 | 25 August 1941 † | 9–10 years | – |
| 2 |  | Zelli, AbdollahCommodore Abdollah Zelli | 1941 | 1952 | 10–11 years | [1] |
| 3 | ![Gholam-Hossein Bayandor [fa]](./File:Bayandor.jpg) | Bayandor, GholamCommodore Gholam-Hossein Bayandor [fa] | 1952 | 1954 | 1–2 years | [1] |
| 4 | ![Habibollah Shahin [fa]](./File:Rear_admiral_Shahin.jpg) | Shahin, HabibollahRear admiral Habibollah Shahin [fa] | 1954 | 1960 | 5–6 years | [1] |
| 5 |  | Rasaei, FarajollahAdmiral Farajollah Rasaei (1908–2002) | 1960 | July 1972 | 11–12 years | [1] |
| 6 |  | Ataie, AbbasRear admiral Abbas Ramzi Ataie | 1972 | 1976 | 3–4 years | [1] |
| 7 |  | Rasaei, FarajollahVice admiral Kamal Habibollahi (1930–2016) | 7 January 1976 | 11 February 1979 | 3 years | [1] |
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| – | | AfsaripourCaptain Afsari-Pur Acting | 1979 | 1979 | 0 years | [1][2] |
| 1 |  | Madani, AhmadCommodore Ahmad Madani (1929–2006) | 1979 | 1979 | 0 years | [1] |
| 2 |  | Madani, AhmadCommodore Mahmoud Alavi | November 1979 | 26 February 1980 | 0 years | [1] |
| – | | Tabatabaei, ACommodore A. Tabatabaei Acting | February 1980 | May 1980 | 0 years | [1][2] |
| 3 |  | Afzali, BahramCaptain Bahram Afzali (1937–1984) | May 1980 | 24 April 1983 | 2 years | [1][3] |
| 4 | | Hosseini, EsfandiarCaptain Esfandiar Hosseini (born 1937) | 30 April 1983 | 25 June 1985 | 2 years | [1][4] |
| 5 | | Malekzadegan, MohammadCommodore Mohammad-Hossein Malekzadegan (born 1944) | 27 June 1985 | 30 October 1989 | 4 years | [1][4] |
| 6 | .jpg) | Shamkhani, AliCommodore Ali Shamkhani (born 1955) | 30 October 1989 | 27 August 1997 | 7 years | [1][5] |
| 7 |  | Mohtaj, AbbasCommodore Abbas Mohtaj | 27 August 1997 | 25 October 2005 | 8 years | [1] |
| 8 |  | Kouchaki, SajjadCommodore Sajjad Kouchaki (born 1955) | 25 October 2005 | 29 August 2007 | 1–2 years | [1] |
| 9 | .jpg) | Sayyari, HabibollahCommodore Habibollah Sayyari (born 1955) | 29 August 2007 | 5 November 2017 | 10 years | [1] |
| 10 |  | Sayyari, HabibollahCommodore Hossein Khanzadi (born 1967) | 5 November 2017 | 17 August 2021 | 3 years | [6] |
| 11 |  | Irani, ShahramCommodore Shahram Irani (born 1968) | 17 August 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years | [7] |
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- "فرماندهان ارتش ایران از 1300 شمسی تا کنون". parsine.com (in Persian). 31 January 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- Schahgaldian & Barkhordarian 1987, p. 113.
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- Schahgaldian & Barkhordarian 1987, p. 114.
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- Schahgaldian, Nikola B.; Barkhordarian, Gina (March 1987). The Iranian Military Under the Islamic Republic (PDF). RAND. ISBN 0-8330-0777-7. Retrieved 15 January 2017.