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 | |
|---|---|
 Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy | |
 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 | 1932 |
| First holder | Commodore Gholamali Bayandor |
| Deputy | Deputy commander |
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List of officeholders
edit| No. | Portrait | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commander of the Imperial Iranian Navy | ||||||
| 1 | Commodore Gholamali Bayandor (1898–1941) | 5 November 1932 | 25 August 1941 † | 8 years | – | |
| 2 | Commodore Abdollah Zelli | 1946 | 1952 | 5–6 years | [1] | |
| 3 | Commodore Gholam-Hossein Bayandor | 1952 | July 1954 | 1–2 years | [1] | |
| 4 | Rear admiral Habibollah Shahin | July 1954 | October 1960 | 6 years | [1] | |
| 5 | Admiral Farajollah Rasaei (1908–2002) | October 1960 | 5 October 1972 | 11–12 years | [1] | |
| 6 | Rear admiral Abbas Ramzi Attaie | 5 October 1972 | 7 January 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 | 11 February 1979 | 16 February 1979 | 0 years | [1][2] | |
| 1 | Commodore Ahmad Madani (1929–2006) | 16 February 1979 | 5 January 1980 | 0–1 years | [1] | |
| 2 | Commodore Mahmoud Alavi | 5 January 1980 | 26 February 1980 | 0 years | [1] | |
| – | Commodore A. Tabatabaei Acting | 26 February 1980 | June 1980 | 0 years | [1][2] | |
| 3 | Captain Bahram Afzali (1937–1984) | June 1980 | 30 April 1983 | 2 years | [1][3] | |
| 4 | Captain Esfandiar Hosseini (born 1937) | 30 April 1983 | 27 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 (1955–2026) | 30 October 1989 | 27 August 1997 | 7 years | [1][5] | |
| 7 | Commodore Abbas Mohtaj | 27 August 1997 | 26 September 2005 | 8 years | [1] | |
| 8 | Commodore Sajjad Kouchaki (born 1955) | 26 September 2005 | 20 August 2007 | 1 years | [1] | |
| 9 | Commodore Habibollah Sayyari (born 1955) | 20 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 | 4 years | [7] | |
![Abdollah Zelli [fa]](http://wiki.nitrosworld.org/wiki/File:Commodore_Zelli.jpg)
![Gholam-Hossein Bayandor [fa]](http://wiki.nitrosworld.org/wiki/File:Bayandor.jpg)
![Habibollah Shahin [fa]](http://wiki.nitrosworld.org/wiki/File:Rear_admiral_Shahin.jpg)
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References
edit- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "فرماندهان ارتش ایران از 1300 شمسی تا کنون". parsine.com (in Persian). 31 January 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- 1 2 Schahgaldian & Barkhordarian 1987, p. 113.
- ↑ Boroujerdi, Mehrzad; Rahimkhani, Kourosh (2018). Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook. Syracuse University Press. p. 63. ISBN 9780815654322.
- 1 2 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.