Mohammad Bagheri

AMNESTY TENURE NOTE

Mohammad Bagheri was appointed as the head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces by the Supreme Leader in June 2016. He remained in this position until 13 June 2025, when he was killed in Tehran by an air strike carried out during the Israeli military attack against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Abdolrahim Mousavi was subsequently appointed by the Supreme Leader as the new head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces. Abdolrahim Mousavi was killed on 28 February 2026 by an air strike carried out during the US-Israeli military attack against the Islamic Republic of Iran and Ali Abdollahi succeeded him.

IMMEDIATE SUCCESSOR

Abdolrahim Mousavi. 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)

Abdolrahim Mousavi was subsequently appointed by the Supreme Leader as the new head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces. Abdolrahim Mousavi was killed on 28 February 2026 by an air strike carried out during the US-Israeli military attack against the Islamic Republic of Iran and Ali Abdollahi succeeded him.

REPORTS TO

• Ali KhameneiCommander-in-chief and Supreme Leader

DIRECT REPORTS IN THE 87

• Hossein SalamiGeneral commander of the IRGC and member of the State Security Council
• Hossein AshtariGeneral commander of FARAJA and member of the State Security Council