Iranian leaders of the Iran–Iraq War

This is a list of Iranian leaders of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran during the Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988).

Leaders Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces Abolhassan Banisadr (Start of War – 10 June 1981) Ruhollah Khomeini (10 June 1981 – End of War) Akbar Rafsanjani, acted as the de facto commander-in-chief since mid-1980s and was later officially appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief on 2 June 1988 Hassan Rouhani, served as deputy to second-in-command since 1988

Military commanders Strategic level Islamic Republic of Iran Army Chief-of-Staff Brig. Gen. Valiollah Fallahi (Start of War – 29 September 1981) Brig. Gen. Qasem-Ali Zahirnejad (1 October 1981 – 25 October 1984) Col. Esmaeil Sohrabi (25 October 1984 – 1988) Brig. Gen. Ali Shahbazi (1988 – End of War) Ground Force Brig. Gen. Qasem-Ali Zahirnejad (Start of War – 1 October 1981) Col. Ali Sayyad Shirazi (1 October 1981 – Spring 1986) Col. Hossein Hassani-Sadi (Spring 1986 – End of War) Air Force Col. Javad Fakoori (Start of War – 29 September 1981) Col. Mohammad-Hossein Moinpour (2 October 1981 – 25 November 1983) Col. Houshang Seddigh (25 November 1983 – 1986) Col. Mansour Sattari (1986 – End of War) Navy Cpt. Bahram Afzali (Start of War – 30 April 1983) Cpt. Esfandiar Hosseini (30 April 1983 – 25 June 1985) Cpt. Mohammad-Hossein Malekzadegan (25 June 1985 – End of War)

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Commander-in-Chief Morteza Rezaee (Start of War –) Mohsen Rezaee (11 September 1981 – End of War) General Staff Alireza Afshar (November 1984 – ) Mohammad Forouzandeh (– End of War) Gholam Ali Rashid (as one of the senior commanders of IRGC)Gholam Ali Rashid Basij Amir Majd (Start of War – December 1981) Ahmad Salek (December 1981 –) Mohammad-Ali Rahmani (16 February 1984 – End of War) Ground Force Yahya Rahim Safavi (1985–) Ali Shamkhani (May 1986 –) Air Force Akbar Rafan (1985 – End of War) Navy Hossein Alaei (1985 – End of War)

Operational level

Islamic Republic of Iran Army Division commanders Col. Hassan Abshenasan Col. Masoud Monfared Niyaki Col. Hasan Aghareb Parast

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Division commanders Hossein Kharrazi Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf Ahmad Kazemi Mohammad Boroujerdi Ebrahim Hemmat Qasem Soleimani Mehdi Bakeri Ahmad Motevaselian Mehdi Zeinoddin Mahmoud Kaveh Ali Hashemi (Commander) Sabz Ali Khodadad (Commander)

Ministers Minister of Defence Mostafa Chamran (Start of War – 29 October 1980) Col. Javad Fakoori (–September 1980) Col. Mousa Namjoo (17–29 September 1981) Col. Mohammad Salimi (October 1981 – October 1985) Col. Mohammad Hossein Jalali (October 1985 – End of War) Minister of Revolutionary Guards Mohsen Rafighdoost (November 1982 – End of War)

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