Commander of the Iranian Navy
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| Commander of the Iranian Navy | |
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 Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy | |
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 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 |
| First holder | Commodore Gholamali Bayandor |
| Deputy | Deputy commander |
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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.
List of officeholders
[edit]| No. | Portrait | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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| Commander of the Imperial Iranian Navy | ||||||
| 1 | Commodore Gholamali Bayandor (1898–1941) | 1931 | 25 August 1941 † | 9–10 years | – | |
| 2 | Commodore Abdollah Zelli | 1941 | 1952 | 10–11 years | [1] | |
| 3 | Commodore Gholam-Hossein Bayandor | 1952 | 1954 | 1–2 years | [1] | |
| 4 | Rear admiral Habibollah Shahin | 1954 | 1960 | 5–6 years | [1] | |
| 5 | Admiral Farajollah Rasaei (1908–2002) | 1960 | July 1972 | 11–12 years | [1] | |
| 6 | Rear admiral Abbas Ramzi Ataie | 1972 | 1976 | 3–4 years | [1] | |
| 7 | Vice admiral Kamal Habibollahi (1930–2016) | 7 January 1976 | 11 February 1979 | 3 years | [1] | |
| Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy | ||||||
| – | Captain Afsari-Pur Acting | 1979 | 1979 | 0 years | [1][2] | |
| 1 | Commodore Ahmad Madani (1929–2006) | 1979 | 1979 | 0 years | [1] | |
| 2 | Commodore Mahmoud Alavi | November 1979 | 26 February 1980 | 0 years | [1] | |
| – | Commodore A. Tabatabaei Acting | February 1980 | May 1980 | 0 years | [1][2] | |
| 3 | Captain Bahram Afzali (1937–1984) | May 1980 | 24 April 1983 | 2 years | [1][3] | |
| 4 | Captain Esfandiar Hosseini (born 1937) | 30 April 1983 | 25 June 1985 | 2 years | [1][4] | |
| 5 | Commodore Mohammad-Hossein Malekzadegan (born 1944) | 27 June 1985 | 30 October 1989 | 4 years | [1][4] | |
| 6 | Commodore Ali Shamkhani (born 1955) | 30 October 1989 | 27 August 1997 | 7 years | [1][5] | |
| 7 | Commodore Abbas Mohtaj | 27 August 1997 | 25 October 2005 | 8 years | [1] | |
| 8 | Commodore Sajjad Kouchaki (born 1955) | 25 October 2005 | 29 August 2007 | 1–2 years | [1] | |
| 9 | Commodore Habibollah Sayyari (born 1955) | 29 August 2007 | 5 November 2017 | 10 years | [1] | |
| 10 | Commodore Hossein Khanzadi (born 1967) | 5 November 2017 | 17 August 2021 | 3 years | [6] | |
| 11 | Commodore Shahram Irani (born 1968) | 17 August 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years | [7] | |
![Gholam-Hossein Bayandor [fa]](/wiki/File:Bayandor.jpg)
![Habibollah Shahin [fa]](/wiki/File:Rear_admiral_Shahin.jpg)
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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.