Leader appoints Maj. Gen. Seyed Abdolrahim Mousavi, new Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces
Iran's armed forces ready to confront any threat
Following the martyrdom of Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces, in Friday’s terror attacks by the Israeli regime, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei appointed Major General Seyed Abdolrahim Mousavi as his successor.
Mousavi has served as the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army since August 2017 and played an instrumental role in bolstering the might of the army.
On August 21, 2017, he was promoted from Brigadier General to Major General and appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army by the Leader, replacing Seyed Ataollah Salehi.
Later, on May 28, 2019, Ayatollah Khamenei appointed him as the commander of the Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base, while he continued to serve as the army’s top commander.
Mousavi was born in 1960 in the holy city of Qom in central Iran. He is a graduate of the Army’s Ground Forces Officers’ University and holds a doctorate in defense studies from the Supreme National Defense University. He joined the Iranian army in 1979.
During the years of the Imposed War in the 1980s, Major General Mousavi served in the Army’s artillery unit on various fronts, including the western battlefields in Kurdistan (28th Kurdistan Division) and the southwestern fronts (33rd Artillery Group of the Ground Forces) in Khuzestan province.
Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, the Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Army, has said that the Iranian armed forces are constantly ready to confront any threat.
Addressing a ceremony held at AJA University of Command and Staff on Monday, Mousavi said that the armed forces have the duty to keep ready against any threat, and this preparation is permanent.
Iran does not rely solely on the armed forces; all nations defend the country’s ideals together and we fulfill our commitments, which makes Iran a unique country in the world, he noted.
