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Iranian military officer
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Sardar brigade general
Ali Fadavi
Fadavi and his new Fath Medal
Born1961 (age 63–64)
Imperial State of Iran
(present-day Iran)
AllegianceIran
Service / branchIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Years of service1983–present
RankCommodore
UnitQuds Force (before 1997)
CommandsNavy
Battles / wars
Awards Order of Fath (1st class)
Children5, including Amirhossein Fadavi Firooz

Ali Fadavi (Persian: علی فدوی) is an Iranian military officer who in 2018 was appointed the deputy commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Early life and education

He was born in 1961. Fadavi studied at Isfahan University of Technology, where he gained a B.Sc. in electrical engineering and a MS in strategic management.

Military career

Fadavi joined the IRGC in 1983 and is a veteran of the Iran–Iraq War. He served in the Quds Force, and have held "sensitive intelligence" positions. He saw combat during the Iran-Iraq war. His career includes intelligence assignments as the Chief of Intelligence for the Najaf, Nooh, and Hamzeh Seyyed Ol-Shohada Headquarters respectively, Chief of Intelligence for the IRGCN, and Chief of Intelligence for Khatemolanbia HQ. Fadavi also served as the IRGCN 1st Naval District Commander. From 1997 to 2010, he was deputy commander of the IRGC Naval forces and later commanded the branch from May 2010 to 23 August 2018. On 23 August 2018, he was appointed to the position of IRGC coordinator deputy, replacing Jamaladin Aberoumand.

Awards

In February 2016, Fadavi along with other commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps received Fath medal for arresting United States Navy sailors on January 12, 2016, in the Persian Gulf.

References

  1. "زندگی نامه سردار فدوی و سردار نقدی".
  2. ^ Boroujerdi, Mehrzad; Rahimkhani, Kourosh (2018). Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook. Syracuse University Press. p. 454. ISBN 9780815654322.
  3. ^ "زندگی نامه سردار فدوی و سردار نقدی". Sharq newspaper.
  4. https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1028527.pdf. This article incorporates public domain text rom this source.
  5. ^ "Leader appoints new Revolutionary Guards' Navy cmdr". Mehr News Agency. 23 August 2018.
  • Adam Kredo. "Iran vows to destroy the U.S. Navy". The Washington Times. 2014–10–10. Retrieved 2015–11–29.
  • Dareini, Ali Akbar. "Iran admiral: US ships are a target in case of war". Yahoo News. 2014–05–06. Retrieved 2015–11–29.
  • McGarry, Brendan. "GPS Devices Taken from Captured US Naval Boats Working, Iran Says". Military.com. Retrieved 2016-01-24.

External links

"Ali Fadavi". Tehran Times. List of Tehran Times articles on Ali Fadavi, updated as required.

Military offices
Preceded byHossein Salami Second-in-Command of the IRGC
1 May 2019–present 		Succeeded byIncumbent
Preceded byJamaleddin Aberoumand Coordinating Deputy of the IRGC
23 August 2018–1 May 2019 		Succeeded byMohammad Reza Naqdi
Preceded byMorteza Saffari Commander of the IRGC Navy
3 May 2010–23 August 2018 		Succeeded byAlireza Tangsiri
Preceded byUnknown Second-in-Command of the IRGC Navy
1997–3 May 2010 		Succeeded byUnknown
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