List_of_senior_officers_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guards
The following individuals have been identified as senior officers (currently or in the past) of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which is a branch of the Iranian Armed Forces.
Javad Mansouri was IRGC's "first unofficial commander"[1] and acting during its "early formative phase".[2] Abbas Agha-Zamani, however is considered the "first official operational commander" and was appointed by the Commander-in-Chief.[1]
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| No. | Portrait | Commander-in-Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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| – |  | Mansouri, JavadJavad Mansouri Acting | March 1979 | May 1979 | 3 months | [2] |
| – |  | Chamran, MostafaMostafa Chamran (1932–1981) Acting | Summer 1979 | Summer 1979 | de facto officeholder | [2] |
| – | .jpg) | Rafsanjani, AkbarAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1934–2017) Acting | August 1979 | August 1979 | less than a month | [2][1] |
| – | .jpg) | Lahouti, HassanHassan Lahouti Acting | October 1979 | November 1979 | 2 months | [1] |
| – |  | Kian, FereydounLieutenant colonel Fereydoun Kian Acting | late 1979 | late 1979 | Unknown | [2] |
| – |  | Khamenei, AliAli Khamenei (born 1939) Acting | 24 November 1979 | 24 February 1980 | 92 days | [1] |
| – |  | Duzduzani, AbbasAbbas Duzduzani (1942–2018) Acting | 1980 | 1980 | Unknown | [1][3] |
| 1 | | Agha-Zamani, AbbasAbbas Agha-Zamani | 2 June 1980 | 27 June 1980 | 25 days | [4] |
| 2 | ![Morteza Rezaee [fa]](./File:Morteza_Rezaei_2014-08-30.jpg) | Rezaee, MortezaMorteza Rezaee [fa] | 22 July 1980 | 20 September 1981 | 1 year, 60 days | [4] |
| 3 |  | Rezaee, MohsenMajor general Mohsen Rezaee (born 1954) | 20 September 1981 | 19 September 1997 | 15 years, 364 days | [4] |
| 4 |  | Safavi, Yahya RahimMajor general Yahya Rahim Safavi (born 1952) | 19 September 1997 | 10 September 2007 | 9 years, 356 days | [4] |
| 5 | .jpg) | Jafari, Mohammad AliMajor general Mohammad Ali Jafari (born 1957) | 10 September 2007 | 21 April 2019 | 11 years, 223 days | [4] |
| 6 |  | Salami, HosseinMajor general Hossein Salami (born 1960) | 21 April 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 6 days | [5] |
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| No. | Portrait | Deputy Commander-in-Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kolahdouz, YousefMajor Yousef Kolahdouz (1946–1981) | July 1980 | 29 September 1981 | 1 year, 90 days | [6] | |
| 2 | Shamkhani, AliAli Shamkhani (born 1955) | June 1982 | 24 September 1989 | 7 years, 115 days | [2][7] | |
| 3 | Safavi, Yahya RahimYahya Rahim Safavi (born 1952) | 24 September 1989 | 10 September 1997 | 7 years, 351 days | – | |
| 4 | Bagher Zolghadr, MohammadBrigadier general Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr (born c. 1954/1955) | 13 September 1997 | 30 April 2006 | 8 years, 229 days | – | |
| 5 | Rezaee, MortezaBrigadier general Morteza Rezaee [fa] | 30 April 2006 | 22 May 2008 | 2 years, 22 days | – | |
| 6 | Hejazi, MohammadBrigadier general Mohammad Hejazi (1956–2021) | 22 May 2008 | 4 October 2009 | 1 year, 135 days | – | |
| 7 | Salami, HosseinBrigadier general Hossein Salami (born 1960) | 4 October 2009 | 21 April 2019 | 9 years, 199 days | – | |
| 8 | Fadavi, AliCommodore Ali Fadavi (born 1961) | 16 May 2019 | Incumbent | 4 years, 347 days | – |
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| No. | Portrait | Representative | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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| 1 | Lahouti, HassanHassan Lahouti | 1979 | 1979 | 0 years | – | |
| 2 | Mahallati, FazlollahFazlollah Mahallati | 1980 | 1981 | 0–1 years | – | |
| 3 | Taheri-Khorramabadi, HassanHassan Taheri-Khorramabadi | 1981 | 1982 | 0–1 years | – | |
| 4 | Faker, Mohammad-RezaMohammad-Reza Faker | 1982 | 1983 | 0–1 years | – | |
| (2) | Mahallati, FazlollahFazlollah Mahallati | 1983 | 1986 | 2–3 years | – | |
| 5 | Nouri, AbdollahAbdollah Nouri (born 1950) | 1989 | 1990 | 0–1 years | – | |
| 6 | Mohammadi-Araghi, MahmoudMahmoud Mohammadi-Araghi | 1990 | 1991 | 0–1 years | – | |
| 7 | Movahedi-Kermani, AliAli Movahedi-Kermani (born 1931) | 1991 | 2006 | 14–15 years | – | |
| 8 | Saeedi Shahroudi, AliAli Saeedi Shahroudi | 2006 | 2018 | 11–12 years | – | |
| 9 | Hajisadeghi, AbdollahAbdollah Hajisadeghi | 2018 | Incumbent | 5–6 years | – |
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