Mohammad Ali Jafari
Iran
Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
government
Mohammad Ali Jafari is an Iranian military officer who was the commander-in-chief of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from 2007 to 2019. He was appointed by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on 1 September 2007, succeeding Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, and was replaced in 2019 by Hossein Salami.
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Former IRGC commander, not directly mentioned, but his legacy of resistance is often invoked in the context of current IRGC activities.
Conservatives view Jafari as a steadfast defender of the revolution who never wavered in confronting Iran's enemies.