Esmaeil Sohrabi
Iranian military personnel
Timsar Esmaeil Sohrabi | |
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| Born | 1937 or 1938 (age 85–86)[1] Kermanshah, Iran[1] |
| Allegiance | Iran |
| Service/ | Imperial Iranian Army Islamic Republic of Iran Army |
| Years of service | 1959-1988 |
| Rank | Brigadier General[2] |
| Unit | Airborne Infantry |
| Commands held | Chief-of-Staff |
| Battles/wars | 1979 Kurdish rebellion[1] Iran–Iraq War |
Esmaeil Sohrabi (Persian: اسماعیل سهرابی) is an Iranian retired military officer who served as the Chief-of-Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army from 25 October 1984[1] until May 1988.[2]
He was an infantry staff colonel when appointed by Ayatollah Khomeini to the office.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Nikola B. Schahgaldian, Gina Barkhordarian (March 1987), The Iranian Military Under the Islamic Republic (PDF), RAND, ISBN 0-8330-0777-7, retrieved 15 January 2017
- ^ a b Anthony H. Cordesman (1999), Iran's Military Forces in Transition: Conventional Threats and Weapons of Mass Destruction, Greenwood Publishing Group, p. 33, ISBN 0-275-96529-5
| Military offices | ||
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| Preceded by Qasem-Ali Zahirnejad | Chief-of-Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army 1984–1988 | Succeeded by Ali Shahbazi |
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Commanders of Iran's regular military
- Jahanbani (1925–26)
- Sheibani (1926–27)
- Nakhjavan (1927–34)
- Zarghami (1934–41)
- Yazdanpanah (1941–42)
- Arfaʿ (1942–43)
- Razmara (1943)
- Riazi (1943–44)
- Razmara (1944)
- Arfaʿ (1944–46)
- Aghevli (1946)
- Razmara (1946–50)
- Garzan (1950–52)
- Yazdanpanah (1952)
- Baharmast (1952–53)
- Riahi (1953)
- Batmanghelidj (1953–55)
- Hedayat (1955–61)
- Hejazi (1961–65)
- Aryana (1965–69)
- Djam (1969–71)
- Azhari (1971–78)
- Gharabaghi (1978–79)
- Gharani (1979)
- Farbod (1979)
- Shaker (1979)
- Shadmehr (1980)
- Fallahi (1980–81)
- Zahirnejad (1981–84)
- Sohrabi (1984–88)
- Shahbazi (1988–98)
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