Mohammad Pakpour

AMNESTY TENURE NOTE

Mohmmad Pakpour was appointed as the commander of the IRGC’s Ground Resistance Force by the Supreme Leader in March 2010. He remained in this position until 13 June 2025, when he was appointed by the Supreme Leader as the general commander of the IRGC. Mohammad Karami was subsequently appointed by the Supreme Leader as the commander of the IRGC’s Ground Resistance Force. Mohammad Pakpour remained in his position as the general commander of the IRGC until 28 February 2026, when he was killed in an air strike carried out during the US-Israeli military attack against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

IMMEDIATE SUCCESSOR

Mohammad Karami. 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 Karami was subsequently appointed by the Supreme Leader as the commander of the IRGC’s Ground Resistance Force. Mohammad Pakpour remained in his position as the general commander of the IRGC until 28 February 2026, when he was killed in an air strike carried out during the US-Israeli military attack against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

REPORTS TO

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

DIRECT REPORTS IN THE 87

• 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
• Jamshid RezayeeCommander of the IRGC’s 22 Beit Al-Moghaddas Operational Division of the Beit Al-Moghaddas Provincial Corps of Kurdistan
• Yadollah AbroushanCommander of the IRGC’s 3 Hamzeh Operational Division of the Shohada Provincial Corps of West Azerbaijan
• Mojtaba KaramiCommander of the IRGC’s 29 Nabi Akram Operational Division of the Nabi Akram Provincial Corps of Kermanshah