Nickname(s) سید عطاءالله صالحی Name Ataollah Salehi Years of service 1968–present | Rank Major General Allegiance Iran | |
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Commands held Commander-in-chief of the Iranian ArmyCommander of Iranian Army's military academyCommander of 77th Infantry Division of Ground ForcesCommander of 58th Infantry Division of Ground Forces Similar People Mohammad Ali Jafari, Yahya Rahim Safavi, Ali Khamenei, Mohammad Hejazi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | ||
Iran warn US : Keep your aircraft career out of Persian Gulf, we will not repeat the warning !
Seyyed Ataollah Salehi (Persian: سيد عطاءالله صالحی; born 9 March 1950) is the former and third commander-in-chief of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army, serving from 2005 until 2017. He graduated before the Islamic Revolution from the Iranian Army's military academy in 1971 with the rank of Artillery Second Lieutenant of the Army's Ground Forces.
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- Iran warn US Keep your aircraft career out of Persian Gulf we will not repeat the warning
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He has the direct operational command authority over the commanders of Iranian Army's Ground Forces, Air Force, Navy and Air Defense Base.
As head of Iran's regular military he was a member of Iran's Supreme National Security Council.
Quotes
The enemy has gone insane and given the insane enemy's history, we should always be prepared.
The Iranian nation will observe that we will manufacture the largest destroyer and the most advanced submarines in the region. Mass production of fighter jets, the samples of which were unveiled last year (2008), and plans to manufacture vessels and submarines will be on our agenda in the new (Iranian) year (started 20 March).
Israel can never make its threat operational.