Mohammad Ali Jafari
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Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari (Persian: محمدعلی جعفری, born 1 September 1957, also known as Aziz Jafari[2] and Ali Jafari[3]) is a retired Iranian military officer and former commander-in-chief of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from 2007 to 2019. He was appointed by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on 1 September 2007, succeeding Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi.[4]
Mohammad Ali Jafari | |
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Nickname(s) | Aziz Jafari Ali Jafari |
Born | (1957-09-01) 1 September 1957 (age 66) Yazd, Pahlavi Iran |
Allegiance | Iran |
Service/ | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps |
Years of service | 1981–2019 |
Rank | Major general |
Commands held | Ground Forces |
Battles/wars | Iran–Iraq War (WIA) Iran–PJAK conflict 2016 West Iran clashes |
Awards | 3rd grade Fath Medal[1] |
According to a 2 September 2007 report by Radio Free Europe, Radio Farda has described Jafari has been close to the conservative subfaction, which includes Mohsen Rezaee, the secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council and former commander of the IRGC and Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, a former IRGC member and the mayor of Tehran. The replacement of Safavi was thought to be a move to strengthen the conservative faction as a counterweight to the radicalizers around President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whom Safavi is close to.[3]
"Observers appear to regard Jafari as principally a tactician, organizer, and 'technical' military man," according to Radio Free Europe.[3] The EU's official journal said the three Iranian Revolutionary Guard members, Jafari, General Qasem Soleimani, and the Guard's deputy commander for intelligence, Hossein Taeb, were now subjects to sanctions and had been "providing equipment and support to help the Syrian regime suppress protests in Syria".[5]