Years of service 1980–2015 Battles/wars Iran–Iraq War Allegiance Iran | Rank Brigadier General Battles and wars Iran–Iraq War | |
Service/branches Islamic Revolution Committees Similar Ahmad‑Reza Radan, Hossein Ashtari, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
Esmail Ahmadi-Moghaddam (Persian: اسماعیل احمدیمقدم) is an Iranian retired military officer who served as Iran's Chief of police, the chief commander of Law Enforcement Force of Islamic Republic of Iran, from 2005 to 2015.
Prior to the appointment, he served as deputy of Basij militia and its commander in Greater Tehran. Ahmadi-Moghaddam started his career at Islamic Revolution Committees and later was transferred to Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution.
Ahmadi-Moghaddam has got a BA in Social Sciences from University of Tehran and obtained a master's degree in defense management from Army's University of Command and Staff, continued by a Ph.D. from Supreme National Defense University in military sciences.
For some time, he was commandant of Police University.