Commander of the Iranian Navy

Top naval officer in Iran

Commander of the Iranian Navy

Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy

Incumbent
Commodore Shahram Irani

since 17 August 2021

Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Member of| Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces
Reports to| Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army
Nominator| Commander-in-Chief of the Army
Appointer| Supreme Leader of Iran
Formation| 1931; 94 years ago (1931)
First holder| Commodore Gholamali Bayandor
Deputy| Deputy commander

Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Components

* Northern Fleet
* Southern Fleet

* Navy Aviation
* Marine Command
* Missile Command

History

* Naval history of Iran

* Achaemenid navy
* Sasanian navy
* Afsharid navy

Ships

* Current fleet
* Fleet in 1979
* Historic ships

Personnel

* Commander
* Ranks insignia

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The Commander of the Iranian Navy (Persian: فرمانده نیروی دریایی ارتش) is the highest-ranking position of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, and has operational control and is responsible for overall operations of the navy. The current commander is Shahram Irani.

## List of officeholders

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Commander of the Imperial Iranian Navy

| Shahbazi, AliCommodore
Gholamali Bayandor
(1898–1941)| 1931| 25 August 1941 †| 9–10 years| –

| Zelli, AbdollahCommodore
Abdollah Zelli| 1941| 1952| 10–11 years| [1]

| Bayandor, GholamCommodore
Gholam-Hossein Bayandor [fa]| 1952| 1954| 1–2 years| [1]

| Shahin, HabibollahRear admiral
Habibollah Shahin [fa]| 1954| 1960| 5–6 years| [1]

| Rasaei, FarajollahAdmiral
Farajollah Rasaei
(1908–2002)| 1960| July 1972| 11–12 years| [1]

| Ataie, AbbasRear admiral
Abbas Ramzi Ataie| 1972| 1976| 3–4 years| [1]

| Rasaei, FarajollahVice admiral
Kamal Habibollahi
(1930–2016)| 7 January 1976| 11 February 1979| 3 years| [1]
Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy

| AfsaripourCaptain
Afsari-Pur
Acting| 1979| 1979| 0 years| [1][2]

| Madani, AhmadCommodore
Ahmad Madani
(1929–2006)| 1979| 1979| 0 years| [1]

| Madani, AhmadCommodore
Mahmoud Alavi| November 1979| 26 February 1980| 0 years| [1]

| Tabatabaei, ACommodore
A. Tabatabaei
Acting| February 1980| May 1980| 0 years| [1][2]

| Afzali, BahramCaptain
Bahram Afzali
(1937–1984)| May 1980| 24 April 1983| 2 years| [1][3]

| Hosseini, EsfandiarCaptain
Esfandiar Hosseini
(born 1937)| 30 April 1983| 25 June 1985| 2 years| [1][4]

| Malekzadegan, MohammadCommodore
Mohammad-Hossein Malekzadegan
(born 1944)| 27 June 1985| 30 October 1989| 4 years| [1][4]

| Shamkhani, AliCommodore
Ali Shamkhani
(born 1955)| 30 October 1989| 27 August 1997| 7 years| [1][5]

| Mohtaj, AbbasCommodore
Abbas Mohtaj| 27 August 1997| 25 October 2005| 8 years| [1]

| Kouchaki, SajjadCommodore
Sajjad Kouchaki
(born 1955)| 25 October 2005| 29 August 2007| 1–2 years| [1]

| Sayyari, HabibollahCommodore
Habibollah Sayyari
(born 1955)| 29 August 2007| 5 November 2017| 10 years| [1]
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| Sayyari, HabibollahCommodore
Hossein Khanzadi
(born 1967)| 5 November 2017| 17 August 2021| 3 years| [6]
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| Irani, ShahramCommodore
Shahram Irani
(born 1968)| 17 August 2021| Incumbent| 4 years| [7]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "فرماندهان ارتش ایران از 1300 شمسی تا کنون". parsine.com (in Persian). 31 January 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
2. ^ a b Schahgaldian & Barkhordarian 1987, p. 113.
3. ^ Boroujerdi, Mehrzad; Rahimkhani, Kourosh (2018). Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook. Syracuse University Press. p. 63\. ISBN 9780815654322.
4. ^ a b Schahgaldian & Barkhordarian 1987, p. 114.
5. ^ Zeb, Rizwan (12 February 2003). "The emerging Indo-Iranian strategic alliance and Pakistan". CACI Analyst. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
6. ^ "Leader makes new appointments in Iran's Army", Mehr News Agency, 5 November 2017, 4135697, retrieved 5 November 2017
7. ^ "Iran appoints new navy chief". apnews.com. Theran, Iran. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.

* Schahgaldian, Nikola B.; Barkhordarian, Gina (March 1987). The Iranian Military Under the Islamic Republic (PDF). RAND. ISBN 0-8330-0777-7. Retrieved 15 January 2017.

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Commanders of the Iranian Navy

* Bayandor (1931–41)
* Zelli (1947–52)
* Bayandor (1952–54)
* Shahin (1954–60)
* Rasaei (1960–72)
* Ramzi Attaie (1972–76)
* Habibollahi (1976–79)
* Afsaripour (1979)
* Madani (1979)
* Alavi (1979–80)
* Tabatabaei (1980)
* Afzali (1980–83)
* Hosseini (1983–85)
* Malekzadegan (1985–89)
* Shamkhani (1989–97)
* Mohtaj (1997–05)
* Kouchaki (2005–07)
* Sayyari (2007–17)
* Khanzadi (2017–21)
* Irani (2021–)

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Chiefs of the navy by country

* Chief of the Naval Staff

Africa|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* DR Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Swaziland
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

Former|

* Biafra
* Bophuthatswana
* Ciskei
* British Egypt
* Ethiopian Empire
* Rhodesia
* Transkei
* Venda
* Zaire

Americas|

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentina
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Cuba
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Suriname
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

Former|

* Confederate States of America

Asia|

* Abkhazia
* Afghanistan
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* PR of China
* East Timor
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* NEDAJA
* NEDSA
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* North Korea
* South Korea
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Republic of China (Taiwan)
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen

Former|

* Democratic Kampuchea
* Imperial Japan
* Mengjiang
* Manchukuo
* South Vietnam

Europe|

* Albania
* Austria
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Italy
* Kosovo
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* Vatican

Former|

* Austria–Hungary
* Independent State of Croatia
* Czechoslovakia
* Prussia
* Imperial Germany
* Nazi Germany
* East Germany
* Ottoman Empire
* Russian Empire
* Soviet Union
* Yugoslavia

Oceania|

* Australia
* Fiji
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Tonga
* Vanuatu

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