He was replaced as commander of the IRGC by Mohammad Ali Jafari, former director of the Strategic Studies Center of the IRGC on 1 September 2007.[6] Then he was appointed by the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei as his special military advisor.[7]
Asset freezeedit
On 24 December 2006, Rahim Safavi was included on a list of Iranian individuals and organizations sanctioned by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1737 due to their alleged involvement in the Iranian nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.[8]
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yahya, rahim, safavi, yahya, rahim, safavi, persian, یحیی, رحیم, صفوی, born, 1952, iranian, military, commander, served, chief, commander, islamic, revolutionary, guard, corps, sardarborn1952, isfahan, pahlavi, iranallegianceiranservice, branchislamic, revolut. Yahya Rahim Safavi Persian یحیی رحیم صفوی born 1952 is an Iranian military commander who served as the chief commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 2 3 SardarYahya Rahim SafaviBorn1952 age 70 71 Isfahan Pahlavi IranAllegianceIranService wbr branchIslamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsYears of service1979 presentRankMajor generalCommands heldIslamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsGround ForcesBattles warsIran Iraq WarWar on Terrorism 2001 uprising in Herat Awards2nd grade Fath Medal 1 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Asset freeze 4 See also 5 ReferencesEarly life editSafavi was born in 1952 in the city of Isfahan Iran 2 3 Career editSafavi was one of the leaders of the Iran Iraq War 4 During the US led invasion of Afghanistan he played a key role in the uprising in Herat in November 2001 where American Iranian and Northern Alliance troops supported a local uprising against the Taliban He served as the deputy commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps until 1997 when he was appointed its commander replacing Mohsen Rezaee in 1997 5 He was replaced as commander of the IRGC by Mohammad Ali Jafari former director of the Strategic Studies Center of the IRGC on 1 September 2007 6 Then he was appointed by the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as his special military advisor 7 Asset freeze editOn 24 December 2006 Rahim Safavi was included on a list of Iranian individuals and organizations sanctioned by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1737 due to their alleged involvement in the Iranian nuclear and ballistic missile programmes 8 See also editList of Iranian two star generals since 1979References edit Poursafa Mahdi 20 January 2014 گزارش فارس از تاریخچه نشان های نظامی ایران از اقدس تا فتح مدال هایی که بر سینه سرداران ایرانی نشسته است From Aghdas to Fath Medals resting on the chest of Iranian Serdars in Persian Fars News Archived from the original on 10 October 2017 Retrieved 21 October 2014 a b Sayyid Yahya Safavi tasnimnews com 30 January 2019 a b Seyyed Yahya Rahim Safavi basirat ir 30 January 2019 Safavi Karbala 5 Operation iribnews ir Retrieved 31 January 2019 Rubin Michael Fall 2008 Iran s Revolutionary Guards A Rogue Outfit Middle East Quarterly XV 4 37 48 Retrieved 13 August 2013 Sepehri Vahid 4 September 2007 Iran New Commander Takes over Revolutionary Guards Radio Free Europe Retrieved 13 August 2013 Frederic Wehrey Jerrold D Green Brian Nichiporuk Alireza Nader Lydia Hansell Rasool Nafisi S R Bohandy 2009 The Rise of the Pasdaran PDF RAND Corporation Retrieved 20 August 2013 Security Council imposes sanctions on Iran for failure to halt uranium enrichment unanimously adopting Resolution 1737 United Nations Archived from the original on 18 May 2012 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yahya Rahim Safavi Military officesNew titleMilitary branch created Commander of Ground Forces of the IRGC1985 24 September 1989 Succeeded byMostafa IzadiPreceded byAli Shamkhani Second in Command of the IRGC24 September 1989 10 September 1997 Succeeded byMohammad Bagher ZolghadrPreceded byMohsen Rezaee Commander in chief of the IRGC10 September 1997 1 September 2007 Succeeded byMohammad Ali Jafari Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yahya Rahim Safavi amp oldid 1149116902, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
