While Zarghami has held top positions in the regime, he is widely known for his role as the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), a post that he held for ten years. The regime’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, appointed Zarghami as the head of the IRIB in 2004
Tag: General officers
Abbas Nilforushan
Operational commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
Majid Khorasani
Brigadier General Majid Khorasani, the director of the IRGC’s Cooperative Foundation, which is responsible for the IRGC’s logistics and supports
Saeed Ara Jani
Saeed Ara Jani, head of Iran’s IRGC UAV Command, is the person responsible for attack on the Israel-linked Mercer Street ship that left two crew members dead, both of whom were non-Israeli citizens
Hojatollah Ghoreishi
Seyed Hojatollah Ghoreishi, head of the Ministry of Defense Supply, Research, and Industrial Affairs Division
Mazaher Majidi
General Mazaher Majidi, the IRGC commander in Hamedan Province, said that Iran carried out retaliatory acts against Israeli targets, in an interview that aired on Hamedan TV (Iran) on May 7, 2021
Mohammad Fallahzadeh
Mohammad Reza Fallahzadeh, also known as Abu Baqer, is a 59-year-old veteran of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei approved Fallahzadeh’s appointment as deputy commander of the Quds Force based on a proposal from IRGC Commander-in-Chief Hossein Salami
Reza Papi
The Department of State is also sanctioning IRGC Brigadier General Reza Papi under Section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020 for their involvement, by operation of command responsibility, in gross violations of human rights, namely the flagrant denial of the right to life
Heidar Abbaszadeh
Abbaszadeh was involved in the killing of nearly 150 individuals in the city of Mahshahr as part of the Iranian regime’s crackdown on the November 2019 protests
Hossein Nejat
In July 2019, according to the Tasnim news agency, Hossein Nejat, a brigadier general in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, stated, “American bases are within the range of our missiles… Our missiles will destroy their aircraft carriers if they make a mistake. Americans are very well aware of the consequences of a military confrontation with Iran
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf was one of the commanders of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) during the Iran-Iraq war. He was personally responsible for employing many minors and teenagers to sweep minefields with their bodies
