Hossein Salami

AMNESTY TENURE NOTE

Hossein Salami was appointed as the general commander of the IRGC by the Supreme Leader in April 2019. He remained in this position until 13 June 2025, when he was killed in Tehran by an Israeli air strike. Mohammad Pakpour was subsequently appointed as the new general commander of the IRGC. After Mohammad Pakpour was killed on 28 February 2026 by an air strike carried out during the US-Israeli military attack against the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ahmad Vahidi succeeded him as the general commander of the IRGC.

IMMEDIATE SUCCESSOR

Mohammad Pakpour. Amnesty names only the person who immediately followed the 2022 holder — later successors are omitted, and successors are not themselves on the 87 unless they also held a listed 2022 seat.

LATER POSTS (AS RECORDED)

Mohammad Pakpour was subsequently appointed as the new general commander of the IRGC. After Mohammad Pakpour was killed on 28 February 2026 by an air strike carried out during the US-Israeli military attack against the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ahmad Vahidi succeeded him as the general commander of the IRGC.

REPORTS TO

• Ali KhameneiCommander-in-chief and Supreme Leader
• Mohammad BagheriHead of the General Staff of the Armed Forces and member of the Supreme National Security Council

DIRECT REPORTS IN THE 87

• Mohammad PakpourCommander of the IRGC’s Ground Resistance Force
• Mohammad Taghi OsanlouCommander of the IRGC’s regional Hamzeh Seyed Al-Shohada Headquarters, covering Kurdistan and West Azerbaijan provinces
• Mohammad Nazar AzimiCommander of the IRGC’s regional Najaf Ashraf Headquarters, covering Kermanshah, Ilam and Hamedan provinces
• Sadegh HosseiniCommander of the IRGC’s Beit Al-Moghaddas Provincial Corps of Kurdistan
• Habib ShahsavariCommander of the IRGC’s Shohada Provincial Corps of West Azerbaijan
• Bahman ReyhaniCommander of the IRGC’s Nabi Akram Provincial Corps of Kermanshah