Joint Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army
| Joint Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army | |
|---|---|
| ستاد مشترک ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران | |
 Seal of the Joint Staff of Islamic Republic of Iran Army | |
| Founded | 1921 |
| Current form | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Tehran, Iran |
| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-Chief | Major general Abdolrahim Mousavi |
| Chief of staff | Rear admiral Habibollah Sayyari |
Joint Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army (Persian: ستاد مشترک ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران), acronymed SEMAJA (Persian: سماجا), is the chief of staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army, the conventional military of Iran,[1] with an aim to coordinate its four military branches.[2] The Joint Staff has Central Provost and University of Command and Staff under control.
Structure reform[]
From 1921 to 1998, "Chairman of Chief of Staff" (Persian: فرمانده ستاد مشترک ارتش) was the highest-ranking position within the Artesh, however after the newly established office "Commander-in-Chief of Artesh" (Persian: فرمانده کل ارتش) position was founded in 1998,[3] the former position was deposed as a decision-making position and became the coordinator deputy of the Chief Commander (Persian: معاونت هماهنگکننده ارتش). The position is currently held by Rear admiral Habibollah Sayyari, who is second-in-command and deputy of Major general Abdolrahim Mousavi.[4]
List of Chiefs[]
| No. | Portrait | Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperial Iranian Army | |||||
| 1 | Lieutenant general Amanullah Jahanbani (1895–1974) | 1925 | 1926 | 0–1 years | |
| 2 | Major general | 1926 | 1927 | 0–1 years | |
| 3 | Lieutenant general | 1927 | 1934 | 6–7 years | |
| 4 | Azizollah Zarghami | 1934 | 1941 | 6–7 years | |
| 5 | Lieutenant general Morteza Yazdanpanah | 1941 | 1942 | 0–1 years | |
| 6 | Major general Hasan Arfa (1895–1984) | 1942 | 1943 | 0–1 years | |
| 7 | Major general Haj Ali Razmara (1901–1951) | 1943 | 1943 | 0 years | |
| 8 | 1943 | 1944 | 0–1 years | ||
| (7) | Major general Haj Ali Razmara (1901–1951) | 1944 | 1944 | 0 years | |
| (6) | Major general Hasan Arfa (1895–1984) | 1944 | 1946 | 1–2 years | |
| 9 | 1946 | 1946 | 0 years | ||
| (7) | Major general Haj Ali Razmara (1901–1951) | 1946 | 1950 | 3–4 years | |
| 10 | 1950 | 1952 | 1–2 years | ||
| (5) | Lieutenant general Morteza Yazdanpanah | 1952 | 1952 | 0 years | |
| 11 | Major general Mahmoud Baharmast | 1952 | 1953 | 0–1 years | |
| 12 | Brigadier general Taghi Riahi (1911–1989) | 1953 | 1953 | 0 years | |
| 13 | Lieutenant general Nader Batmanghelidj | 1953 | 1955 | 1–2 years | |
| 14 | Abdollah Hedayat | 1955 | 1961 | 5–6 years | |
| 15 | 1961 | 1965 | 3–4 years | ||
| 16 | Bahram Aryana (1906–1985) | 1965 | 1969 | 3–4 years | |
| 17 | Fereydoun Djam (1914–2008) | 1969 | 1971 | 1–2 years | |
| 19 | Gholam Reza Azhari (1912–2001) | 1971 | 1978 | 6–7 years | |
| 20 | Abbas Gharabaghi (1918–2000) | 1978 | 1979 | 0–1 years | |
| Islamic Republic of Iran Army | |||||
| 1 | Major general Mohammad-Vali Gharani (1913–1979) | 12 February 1979 | 27 March 1979 † | 43 days | |
| 2 | Major general Nasser Farbod (1922–2019) | 27 March 1979 | 12 July 1979 | 107 days | |
| 3 | Major general Mohammad-Hossein Shaker | 12 July 1979 | September 1979 | 1 month | |
| 4 | Major general Mohammad-Hadi Shadmehr | February 1980 | 17 June 1980 | 4 months | |
| 5 | Brigadier general Valiollah Fallahi (1931–1981) | 17 June 1980 | 29 September 1981 † | 1 year, 104 days | |
| 6 | Brigadier general Qasem-Ali Zahirnejad (1924–1999) | 9 October 1981 | 25 October 1984 | 3 years, 16 days | |
| 7 | Brigadier general Esmaeil Sohrabi (born 1937) | 25 October 1984 | 7 May 1988 | 3 years, 195 days | |
| 8 | Major general Ali Shahbazi (born 1937) | 7 May 1988 | 8 October 1998 | 10 years, 154 days | |
![Habibollah Sheibani [fa]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png)
![Abdolhossein Hejazi [fa]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%AD%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C.jpg/100px-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%AD%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C.jpg)
See also[]
- List of commanders of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army
- Joint Staff of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
References[]
- ^ Simon, Rita J.; Abdel-Moneim, Mohamed Alaa (2011), A Handbook of Military Conscription and Composition the World Over, Lexington Books, pp. 152–153, ISBN 978-0739167526
- ^ Hossein Aryan (November 15, 2011), The Artesh: Iran's Marginalized and Under-Armed Conventional Military, Middle East Institute, archived from the original on 2016-01-11, retrieved December 15, 2015
- ^ Buchta, Wilfried (2000), Who rules Iran?: the structure of power in the Islamic Republic, Washington DC: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, p. 147, ISBN 0-944029-39-6
- ^ Army's research books have replaced foreign text, IBNA, archived from the original on 2016-03-04, retrieved December 15, 2015
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