Native name محمد باقری | Years of service 1980–present Allegiance Iran | |
Commands held Chief of the General Staff of Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran Awards Fath Medal of Honor (3) Nasr Medal of Honor Service/branch Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Similar | ||
Major general Mohammad Bagheri (Persian: محمد باقری) is the Chief of Staff for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was promoted from his previous position as deputy chief of staff on June 28, 2016, replacing Hassan Firouzabadi. Before that, he was deputy of Intelligence and Operations in the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution (IRGC). His brother, Hassan Bagheri, was an important commander in the Iran-Iraq war.
Mohammad Bagheri and other commanders, including Mohammad Ali Jafari, Ali Fadavi, and Gholam Ali Rashid, are members of a group identified by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) as the IRGC Command Network. According to AEI's Critical Threats Project, the group "...dominates the upper echelons of Iran’s military and controls planning, operations, intelligence, covert and irregular warfare operations, and internal security."
Speaking of ISIS, Mohammad Bagheri said "Baghdad is our red line" and declared that Iran would intervene militarily if ISIS were to attack Baghdad.