Mohammad Reza Zahedi

Sardar Mohammad Reza Zahedi
Other name(s)	Reza Mahdavi^[1] Hassan Mahdavi^[1] Alireza Zahedi^[1] Ali Zahedi^[2]
Born	1944 (age 71–72)^[1] Isfahan, Iran^[1]
Allegiance	Iran
Service/branch	Revolutionary Guards
Rank	Brigadier General
Unit	Quds Force
Commands held	Air Force Ground Force
Battles/wars	Iran–Iraq War^[2] Syrian Civil War^[2]

Mohammad Reza Zahedi (Persian: محمدرضا زاهدی‎‎) is an Iranian senior military officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. He previously commanded its Air Force and Ground Force^[3] and currently serves as is one of the top commanders of the Quds Force.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 5 "Recent OFAC Actions". U.S. Department of the Treasury. 16 August 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
1 2 3 4 "Brigadier General Mohammad Reza (Ali) Zahedi". Iran Briefing. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
↑ "Leader Appoints New IRGC Ground Force and Air Force Commanders". The Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. 21 January 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

Military offices
Preceded by Ahmad Kazemi	Commander of the Revolutionary Guards Air Force 25 August 2005 – 21 January 2006	Succeeded by Hossein Salami as Commander of Aerospace Force
Preceded by Ahmad Kazemi	Commander of the Revolutionary Guards Ground Force 21 January 2006 – 13 July 2008	Succeeded by Mohammad Jafar Asadi

Commanders of Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution

Commander-in-Chief	Rezaei (1981–97) Safavi (1997–07) Jafari (2007–present)

Ground Force	Safavi (1984–89) Izadi (1989–92) Jafari (1992–05) Kazemi (2005–06) Zahedi (2006–08) Asadi (2008–09) Pakpour (2009–present)

Aerospace Force	Refan (1984–90) Dehghan (1990–91) Jalali (1991–97) Ghalibaf (1997–00) Kazemi (2000–05) Zahedi (2005–06) Salami (2006–09) Hajizadeh (2009–present)

Navy	Alaei (1984–90) Shamkhani (1990–00) Saffari (2000–10) Fadavi (2010–present)

Qods Force	Vahidi (–1998) Soleimani (1998–present)

Mobilization Forces	Afshar (1990–1998) Hejazi (1998–2007) Taeb (2007–2009) Naqdi (2009–2016) Gheybparvar (2016–present)

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