Ali Fadavi

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Ali Fadavi
Fadavi and his new Fath Medal
Born1961 (age 62–63)
Imperial State of Iran
(present-day Iran)
AllegianceIran
Service/branchIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Years of service1983–present
RankCommodore
UnitQuds Force (before 1997)
Commands heldNavy
Battles/wars
Awards Order of Fath (1st class)

Ali Fadavi (Persian: علی فدوی) is an Iranian military officer who currently holds office as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Early life and education[edit]

He was born in 1961.[1] Fadavi studied at Isfahan University of Technology, where he gained a B.Sc. in electrical engineering and a MS in strategic management.[1]

Military career[edit]

Fadavi joined the IRGC in 1983 and is a veteran of the Iran–Iraq War.[1] He served in the Quds Force, and have held "sensitive intelligence" positions.[1] He saw combat during the Iran-Iraq war. His career includes intelligence assignments as the Chief of Intelligence for the Najaf, Nooh, and Hamzeh Seyyed Ol-Shohada Headquarters respectively, Chief of Intelligence for the IRGCN, and Chief of Intelligence for Khatemolanbia HQ. Fadavi also served as the IRGCN 1st Naval District Commander.[2] From 1997 to 2010, he was deputy commander of the IRGC Naval forces[1] and later commanded the branch from May 2010 to 23 August 2018.[3] On 23 August 2018, he was appointed to the position of IRGC coordinator deputy, replacing Jamaladin Aberoumand.[3]

Awards[edit]

In February 2016, Fadavi along with other commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps received Fath medal for arresting United States Navy sailors on January 12, 2016, in the Persian Gulf.[citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Boroujerdi, Mehrzad; Rahimkhani, Kourosh (2018). Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook. Syracuse University Press. p. 454. ISBN 9780815654322.
  2. ^ https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1028527.pdf. This article incorporates public domain text rom this source.
  3. ^ a b "Leader appoints new Revolutionary Guards' Navy cmdr". Mehr News Agency. 23 August 2018.
  • Adam Kredo. "Iran vows to destroy the U.S. Navy". The Washington Times. 2014–10–10. Retrieved 2015–11–29.
  • Dareini, Ali Akbar. "Iran admiral: US ships are a target in case of war". Yahoo News. 2014–05–06. Retrieved 2015–11–29.
  • McGarry, Brendan. "GPS Devices Taken from Captured US Naval Boats Working, Iran Says". Military.com. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
Military offices
Preceded by Second-in-Command of the IRGC
1 May 2019–present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Jamaleddin Aberoumand
Coordinating Deputy of the IRGC
23 August 2018–1 May 2019
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Morteza Saffari
Commander of the IRGC Navy
3 May 2010–23 August 2018
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Unknown
Second-in-Command of the IRGC Navy
1997–3 May 2010
Succeeded by
Unknown