The following individuals have been identified as commanding officers (currently or in the past) of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which is a branch of the Iranian Armed Forces.
Commanders-in-chief
Javad Mansouri was IRGC's "first unofficial commander" and acting during its "early formative phase". Abbas Aghazamani, however, is considered the "first official operational commander" and was appointed by the commander-in-chief.
| No. | Portrait | Commander-in-Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Javad Mansouri Acting | March 1979 | May 1979 | 3 months | ||
| – | Mostafa Chamran (1932–1981) Acting | Summer 1979 | Summer 1979 | de facto officeholder | ||
| – | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1934–2017) Acting | August 1979 | August 1979 | less than a month | ||
| – | Hassan Lahouti Acting | October 1979 | November 1979 | 2 months | ||
| – | Lieutenant colonel Fereydoun Kian Acting | late 1979 | late 1979 | Unknown | ||
| – | Ali Khamenei (born 1939) Acting | 24 November 1979 | 24 February 1980 | 92 days | ||
| – | Abbas Duzduzani (1942–2018) Acting | 1980 | 1980 | Unknown | ||
| 1 | Abbas Aghazamani | 2 June 1980 | 27 June 1980 | 25 days | ||
| 2 | Morteza Rezaee | 22 July 1980 | 20 September 1981 | 1 year, 60 days | ||
| 3 | Major general Mohsen Rezaee (born 1954) | 20 September 1981 | 19 September 1997 | 15 years, 364 days | ||
| 4 | Major general Yahya Rahim Safavi (born 1952) | 19 September 1997 | 10 September 2007 | 9 years, 356 days | ||
| 5 | Major general Mohammad Ali Jafari (born 1957) | 10 September 2007 | 21 April 2019 | 11 years, 223 days | ||
| 6 | Major general Hossein Salami (1960–2025) | 21 April 2019 | 13 June 2025 † | 6 years, 53 days | ||
| – | Brigadier general Ahmad Vahidi (born 1958) Acting | 13 June 2025 | 13 June 2025 | 0 days | ||
| 7 | Brigadier general Mohammad Pakpour (born 1961) | 13 June 2025 | Incumbent | 231 days |
Timeline
Deputy commanders-in-chief
| No. | Portrait | Deputy Commander-in-Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Major Yousef Kolahdouz (1946–1981) | July 1980 | 29 September 1981 | 1 year, 90 days | ||
| 2 | Ali Shamkhani (born 1955) | June 1982 | 24 September 1989 | 7 years, 115 days | ||
| 3 | Yahya Rahim Safavi (born 1952) | 24 September 1989 | 10 September 1997 | 7 years, 351 days | – | |
| 4 | Brigadier general Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr (born c. 1954/1955) | 13 September 1997 | 30 April 2006 | 8 years, 229 days | – | |
| 5 | Brigadier general Morteza Rezaee | 30 April 2006 | 22 May 2008 | 2 years, 22 days | – | |
| 6 | Brigadier general Mohammad Hejazi (1956–2021) | 22 May 2008 | 4 October 2009 | 1 year, 135 days | – | |
| 7 | Brigadier general Hossein Salami (1960–2025) | 4 October 2009 | 21 April 2019 | 9 years, 199 days | – | |
| 8 | Commodore Ali Fadavi (born 1961) | 16 May 2019 | 27 December 2025 | 6 years, 225 days | – | |
| 9 | Brigadier general Ahmad Vahidi (born 1958) | 27 December 2025 | Incumbent | 34 days | – |
Timeline
Chiefs of the Joint Staff
Commanders of military branches
Ground Forces
Aerospace Force
Navy
Quds Force
Basij
Chairmen of intelligence agencies
Intelligence Organization
Intelligence Protection Organization
Supreme Leader Representatives
| No. | Portrait | Representative | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hassan Lahouti (1927–1981) | 1979 | 1979 | 0 years | – | |
| 2 | Fazlollah Mahallati (1930–1986) | 1980 | 1981 | 0–1 years | – | |
| 3 | Hassan Taheri-Khorramabadi | 1981 | 1982 | 0–1 years | – | |
| 4 | Mohammad-Reza Faker | 1982 | 1983 | 0–1 years | – | |
| (2) | Fazlollah Mahallati (1930–1986) | 1983 | 20 February 1986 † | 2–3 years | – | |
| 5 | Abdollah Nouri (born 1950) | 1989 | 1990 | 0–1 years | – | |
| 6 | Mahmoud Mohammadi-Araghi | 1990 | 1991 | 0–1 years | – | |
| 7 | Mohammad-Ali Movahedi Kermani (born 1932) | 1991 | 2006 | 14–15 years | – | |
| 8 | Ali Saeedi Shahroudi | 2006 | 2018 | 11–12 years | – | |
| 9 | Abdollah Haji Sadeghi | 2018 | Incumbent | 7–8 years | – |
Ministers
See also
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