Gholamreza Soleimani

Sardar

Gholamreza Soleimani
Sardar; Gholamreza Soleimani
Born	1964 (age 59–60); Farsan, Imperial State of Iran
Allegiance	Revolutionary Guard
Years of service	1982–present
Rank	Brigadier General
Commands	19th Fajr Division (2001–2004); 41st Tharallah Division (2004–2006); 14th Imam Hossein Division (2006–2008); Isfahan Sahib-az-Zaman Provincial Corps (2008–2019);
Battles / wars	Iran–Iraq War

Gholamreza Soleimani (Persian: غلامرضا سلیمانی; born 1964) is an Iranian military officer who is a senior officer in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and commander of the paramilitary Basij forces.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Despite the same surname, he is not related to Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force who was assassinated by the United States in January 2020.

On 12 April 2021, Soleimani was also sanctioned by the Council of the European Union for his role in the violent response to the November 2019 protests.^[4]

On 7 December 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury added Soleimani to its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list "for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Basij". Individuals on the list have their assets blocked and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from dealing with them.^[5]^[6]

References

^ "Leader appoints deputy Chief-of-Staff, Basij commander". Mehr News Agency. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
^ "Ayatollah Khamenei names new military commanders". Tehran Times. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
^ "Leader appoints new military commanders". IRNA. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
^ Emmott, Robin (2021-04-12). "EU sanctions elite Iran commander, seven others over 2019 protests". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
^ "Global Magnitsky Designation; Iran-related Designations; Syria Designations; CAATSA - Iran-related Designations". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
^ "Treasury Targets Repression and the Undermining of Democracy". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 2021-12-23.

Military offices
Preceded by Gholamhossein Gheybparvar	Head of Basij Organization 2019 – present	Incumbent

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[1] "Leader appoints deputy Chief-of-Staff, Basij commander". Mehr News Agency. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.

[2] "Ayatollah Khamenei names new military commanders". Tehran Times. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.

[3] "Leader appoints new military commanders". IRNA. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.

[4] Emmott, Robin (2021-04-12). "EU sanctions elite Iran commander, seven others over 2019 protests". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-12-23.

[5] "Global Magnitsky Designation; Iran-related Designations; Syria Designations; CAATSA - Iran-related Designations". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 2021-12-23.

[6] "Treasury Targets Repression and the Undermining of Democracy". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 2021-12-23.

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Commander-in-Chief	Agha-Zamani (1980) Morteza Rezaee (1980) Mohsen Rezaee (1980–97) Safavi (1997–07) Jafari (2007–19) Salami (2019–present)
Chief of Joint Staff	Afshar (1984–87) Forouzandeh (1987–89) Zolghadr (1989–97) Alaei (1997–00) Ahmadian (2000–07) Hejazi (2007–08)
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Aerospace Force	Refan (1985–90) Dehghan (1990–91) Jalali (1991–97) Ghalibaf (1997–00) Kazemi (2000–05) Zahedi (2005–06) Salami (2006–09) Hajizadeh (2009–present)
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Mobilization Force	Rahmani (1984–90) Afshar (1990–98) Hejazi (1998–07) Taeb (2007–09) Naqdi (2009–16) Gheybparvar (2016–19) Soleimani (2019–present)
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Sardar Gholamreza Soleimani

Born	1964 (age 59–60) Farsan, Imperial State of Iran
Allegiance	Revolutionary Guard
Years of service	1982–present
Rank	Brigadier General
Commands	19th Fajr Division (2001–2004) 41st Tharallah Division (2004–2006) 14th Imam Hossein Division (2006–2008) Isfahan Sahib-az-Zaman Provincial Corps (2008–2019)
Battles / wars	Iran–Iraq War