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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]
The IRGC is intended to complement the more traditional role of the regular Iranian military, with the two forces operating separately and focusing on different operational roles. [45] The IRGC is a combined arms force with its own ground forces, navy, [23] air force, intelligence, [46] and special forces. It also controls the Basij militia ...
Hossein Salami (Persian: حسین سلامی; born 1960) is an Iranian military officer who is the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. [2] [3] [4] Born in Golpayegan, he joined the IRGC during the Iran–Iraq War, when he was a college student.
Bryce E. Reeves (born November 28, 1966) is an American politician, small business owner and United States Army veteran serving as a member of the Senate of Virginia.A State Farm insurance agent, he was elected in 2011. [1]
In 1980, he joined the IRGC. [7] Mohammad Bagheri and other commanders, including Mohammad Ali Jafari, Ali Fadavi, and Gholam Ali Rashid, are members of a group identified by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) as the IRGC Command Network. According to AEI's Critical Threats Project, the group "dominates the upper echelons of Iran's ...
Esmail Qaani (also spelled as Ismail Qaani; [2] [better source needed] Persian: اسماعیل قاآنی; born 8 August 1957) [3] is an Iranian brigadier general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and commander of its Quds Force, a division primarily responsible for extraterritorial operations.
The IRGC Ground Forces have several elite units that form one single unit at a brigade level, the Saberin Unit, established in 2000. The Saberin Unit is a force highly trained in a number of specialized capabilities. [14] Some IRGC divisions and brigades have separate Saberin units directly subordinated to them. [4]
Fredericksburg City Hall building in Virginia, US, in 2011. Charles Mortimer, 1782–1783, 1786–1787, 1788–1789 [1] William McWilliams, 1783–1784 [1] James Somerville, 1784–1785, 1787–1788, 1792–1793 [1] George Weedon, 1785–1786 [1]