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.
Commander of the Iranian Navy | |
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since 17 August 2021 | |
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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 |
First holder | Commodore Gholamali Bayandor |
Deputy | Deputy commander |
List of officeholders
editNo. | Portrait | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | Gholamali Bayandor (1898–1941) | Commodore1931 | 25 August 1941 † | 9–10 years | – | |
2 | Abdollah Zelli | Commodore1941 | 1952 | 10–11 years | [1] | |
3 | Gholam-Hossein Bayandor | Commodore1952 | 1954 | 1–2 years | [1] | |
4 | Habibollah Shahin | Rear admiral1954 | 1960 | 5–6 years | [1] | |
5 | Farajollah Rasaei (1908–2002) | Admiral1960 | July 1972 | 11–12 years | [1] | |
6 | Abbas Ramzi Ataie | Rear admiral1972 | 1976 | 3–4 years | [1] | |
7 | Kamal Habibollahi (1930–2016) | Vice admiral7 January 1976 | 11 February 1979 | 3 years | [1] | |
Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy | ||||||
– | Afsari-Pur Acting | Captain1979 | 1979 | 0 years | [1][2] | |
1 | Ahmad Madani (1929–2006) | Commodore1979 | 1979 | 0 years | [1] | |
2 | Mahmoud Alavi | CommodoreNovember 1979 | 26 February 1980 | 0 years | [1] | |
– | A. Tabatabaei Acting | CommodoreFebruary 1980 | May 1980 | 0 years | [1][2] | |
3 | Bahram Afzali (1937–1984) | CaptainMay 1980 | 24 April 1983 | 2 years | [1][3] | |
4 | Esfandiar Hosseini (born 1937) | Captain30 April 1983 | 25 June 1985 | 2 years | [1][4] | |
5 | Mohammad-Hossein Malekzadegan (born 1944) | Commodore27 June 1985 | 30 October 1989 | 4 years | [1][4] | |
6 | Ali Shamkhani (born 1955) | Commodore30 October 1989 | 27 August 1997 | 7 years | [1][5] | |
7 | Abbas Mohtaj | Commodore27 August 1997 | 25 October 2005 | 8 years | [1] | |
8 | Sajjad Kouchaki (born 1955) | Commodore25 October 2005 | 29 August 2007 | 1–2 years | [1] | |
9 | Habibollah Sayyari (born 1955) | Commodore29 August 2007 | 5 November 2017 | 10 years | [1] | |
10 | Hossein Khanzadi (born 1967) | Commodore5 November 2017 | 17 August 2021 | 3 years | [6] | |
11 | Shahram Irani (born 1968) | Commodore17 August 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years | [7] |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "فرماندهان ارتش ایران از 1300 شمسی تا کنون". parsine.com (in Persian). 31 January 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ a b Schahgaldian & Barkhordarian 1987, p. 113.
- ^ Boroujerdi, Mehrzad; Rahimkhani, Kourosh (2018). Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook. Syracuse University Press. p. 63. ISBN 9780815654322.
- ^ a b Schahgaldian & Barkhordarian 1987, p. 114.
- ^ Zeb, Rizwan (12 February 2003). "The emerging Indo-Iranian strategic alliance and Pakistan". CACI Analyst. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- ^ "Leader makes new appointments in Iran's Army", Mehr News Agency, 5 November 2017, 4135697, retrieved 5 November 2017
- ^ "Iran appoints new navy chief". apnews.com. Theran, Iran. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- 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.