Yahya "Rahim" Safavi (Persian: یحیی (رحیم) صفوی, born 1952) is an Iranian military commander who served as the chief commander of the Islamic Revolutionary...

the royal consort of Shah Nader Shah Sam Mirza Safavi (1517–1566), was a Safavid prince Yahya Rahim Safavi (born 1952), Iranian military commander Safavid...

Leader Ali Khamenei on 1 September 2007, succeeding Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi. According to a 2 September 2007 report by Radio Free Europe, Radio...

Administrator of Pakistan and Chief of Army Staff Yahya Mahmassani (born 1935), Lebanese diplomat Yahya Rahim Safavi (born 1958), commander in chief of the Islamic...

consisted of agents of the Quds Force under the command of Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, commander of the IRGC, and Major General Qassem Soleimani, the commander...

to the perceived threat of attack from the US. He was replaced by Yahya Rahim Safavi. He became a member of Expediency Discernment Council and then its...

possible successors to the post of commander of the IRGC when General Yahya Rahim Safavi left this post in 2007. In 2008, he led a group of Iranian investigators...

Modares University in 2014 by Revolutionary Guard Officer Sardar Yahya Rahim Safavi for expressing views in opposition to the Islamic regime. He advisor...

Imperial Iranian Army Mohsen Rezaee – Chief commander of AGIR, 1981–1997 Yahya Rahim Safavi – Chief commander of AGIR, 1997–2007 Mohammad Ali Jafari – Chief commander...

that without the IRGC he’d be out of a job in twenty-four hours.” Yahya Rahim Safavi, head of the IRGC since 1997, was dismissed as commander in chief...

over the Arab world following the Arab Spring. Iranian Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi also expressed his opinion over the situation: "the behaviour of Turkish...

master's degree in geopolitics. In 1998, when Mohsen Rezaei retired and Yahya Rahim Safavi took over as IRGC's new commander-in-chief, he was named Commander...

Forces, in Persian: جانشین رئیس ستاد کل نیروهای مسلح) Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi (سردار سرلشکر پاسدار یحیی رحیم صفوی) (Senior Military Advisor to the...

Mansouri [fa] Sabir Jabbari [fa] Sajjad Kouchaki Shahram Rostami Yahya Rahim Safavi Abdolbaghi Darvish Ahmad Keshvari Ahmad Motevasselian Ali Eghbali...

National Hero of Azerbaijan Khydyr Mustafayev – Hero of the Soviet Union Yahya Rahim Safavi – Major General, Chief commander of AGIR (1997–2007) Habib bey Salimov...

Mostafa Izadi Nasser Shabani Qasem-Ali Zahirnejad Qasem Soleimani Yahya Rahim Safavi Abdolbaghi Darvish Ahmad Keshvari Ahmad Motevasselian Ali Eghbali...

(2017–2021) Mohammad Salimi (2004–2005) Ataollah Salehi (2005–2017) Yahya Rahim Safavi (2004–2007) Mohammed Ali Jafari (2007–2019) Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf...

Second-in-Command of the IRGC June 1982 – 24 September 1989 Succeeded by Yahya Rahim Safavi Preceded by Mohammad Hossein Malekzadegan Commander of the Islamic...

through mutual discretion and prudence.[citation needed] General Yahya Rahim Safavi, a revolutionary guards adviser to the Supreme Leader of Iran, said...

Ahmad Reza Pourdastan (2008–2016) Kioumars Heydari (2016–present) Yahya Rahim Safavi (2004–2007) Mohammad Ali Jafari (2004–2019) Hossein Salami (2019–present)...

September 1981 19 September 1997 15 years, 364 days 4 Safavi, Yahya RahimMajor general Yahya Rahim Safavi (born 1952) 19 September 1997 10 September 2007 9 years...

grade) Mehdi Bakeri (KIA, 2nd grade) Hossein Kharrazi (KIA, 2nd grade) Yahya Rahim Safavi (2nd grade) Mohammad Ali Jafari (3rd grade) Qasem Soleimani (3rd grade)...

Mohammad-Ali Rahmani (16 February 1984 – End of War) Ground Force Yahya Rahim Safavi (1985–) Ali Shamkhani (May 1986 –) Air Force Akbar Rafan (1985 – End...

continue, no one can stop the Muslims and the resistance forces". Yahya Rahim Safavi, former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and an...

Arabian Sea, which saw various aircraft "simulating strike operations"; Yahya Rahim Safavi, top military aide to Ayatollah Khameini, said that U.S. military...

Soviet Union Mohammad Taqi–Khan Pessian (1892–1921), military leader Yahya Rahim Safavi (born 1958), Major General, Chief commander of IRGC (1997–2007) Mohammad...

Commander Took office Left office Time in office Ref. 1 Safavi, Yahya RahimYahya Rahim Safavi (born 1952) 1985 1989 3–4 years – 2 Izadi, MostafaBrigadier...

Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (1981–1997) 6 11 3 Yahya Rahim Safavi IRGC Ground Force 10 September 1997 Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary...

Fakhri Ayatollah Khomeni Mohsen Rezaee Ali Sayad Shirazi Ali Shamkhani Yahya Rahim Safavi Masoud Barzani Strength Unknown Unknown Casualties and losses 10,000+...

the IRGC 1996–1997 Succeeded by Mahdi Mohammadi-Fard Preceded by Yahya Rahim Safavi Commander of Sar-Allah Headquarters 1997–2000 Succeeded by Mohammad...