Iranian military officer; commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Sardar major general
Hossein Salami
Born
1960 (age 63–64) Golpayegan, Imperial State of Iran
Allegiance
Iran
Service/branch
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Years of service
1981–present
Rank
Major general[1]
Commands held
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
University of Command and Staff
IRGC Air Force
Battles/wars
Iran–Iraq War War against the Islamic State 2024 Iran–Israel conflict
Hossein Salami (Persian: حسین سلامی; born 1960) is an Iranian military officer who is the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).[2][3][4] Born in Golpayegan, he joined the IRGC when the Iran–Iraq War started, when he was a college student. He rose through the ranks, becoming deputy commander. On 21 April 2019, the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, appointed him as the new Commander-in-Chief of the IRGC, replacing major general Mohammad Ali Jafari.
Salami stands out among the commanders of the IRGC for his use of fiery and aggressive speeches targeting the US, Israel and Saudi Arabia. He has been described as a "top practitioner of psychological warfare". According to researcher Mehdi Khalaji, he has relied on "innovatively circumventing economic sanctions, developing Iran’s missile programme and maintaining the regime’s defiant regional policy".[5]
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^"Iranian Guard commander: Our 'hands remain on the trigger' to attack Israel". The Journalism post. 11 March 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
^"خبرگزاری فارس - سردار سلامي جانشين فرمانده كل سپاه شد" [Sardar Salami succeeds the commanding officer] (in Persian). Fars News Agency. 4 October 2009. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
^Gladstone, Rick. "Iran's Supreme Leader Replaces Head of Revolutionary Guards". NYT. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
^Oweis, Khaled Yacoub (25 June 2019). "Iran's Hossein Salami: A top practitioner of psychological warfare".
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