MOHAMMAD ALI JAFARI

'Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari' (born 1957 in Yazd) is the head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards. He was appointed to the post by the country's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, on September 1, 2007, to succeed Yahya Rahim Safavi. Iran changes Revolutionary Guards commander

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Biography

Jafari was born in year 1957 in Yazd. He completed his primary and secondary eduction in the same city, and in 1977 he was admitted to Tehran University, where he studied civil (construction) technology. He participated in protests in Tehran, and was arrested and sent to jail for this. He represented his university department in the Islamic Organization of Tehran University and also played an active role in the Iran hostage crisis of 1979.
At the start of the Iran-Iraq War Jafari fought with the Basij paramilitary force. In 1981 he became a part of the Revolutionary Guards. Since then until the end of war he was been a part of the Revolutionary Guards according to needs of war front and served as a commander of operative battlefields of south and west. He also participated as an assistant in the operation of Sosangard, and served as commander of the Ashura Battalion, as well as of the Garrisions of Qods and Najaf.
After the war Jafari returned to university to complete his education, and in 1992 he received a degree in civil (construction) technology. He spent years 1992 and 1993 in the War University of the Revolutionary Guards as a teacher. Prior to his appointment as leader of the guards, he was also the commander of Sarallah Garrsision in Tehran. فرمانده جديد سپاه پاسداران كيست؟

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