Annex B Iranian Military Structure and Defence Planning
IRAN: National and Military Command and Control (C2) Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
President is Chairman of SCNS President Hasan Ruhani
Supreme Council for National Security (SCNS) Secretary: Ali Shamkhani
Ministry of the Interiour Interiour Minister: Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli
Law Enforcement Forces (LEF) Commander: Brig Gen Hossein Ashtari (IRGC)
Armed Forces General Staff
Armed Forces General Staff (AFGS) Chief: Maj Gen Mohammad Badheri (IRGC)
Khatemolanbia Central Headquarters (KCHQ) Chief: Maj Gen Gholam Ali Rashid (IRGC)
AFGS Deputy Chief: Brig Gen Mohammad Reza Ashtiani (Artesh)
KCHQ Deputy Chief: Maj Gen Hassani Sadi (Artesh)
IRGC Chief: Maj Gen Hossein Salami
Artesh Chief: Maj Gen Abdolrahim Musavi
Islamic Republic of Iran Ground Force (IRIGF) CDR: Brig Gen Kiomars Heidari
Khatemolandia Air Defense Headquarters (KADHQ) Chief: Maj Gen Abdolrahim Musavi
Artesh Deputy Chief: Brig Gen Mohammad Hossein Dadras
Regular Forces (Artesh)
Islamic Republic of Iran Navy (IRIN)
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF)
CDR: RAdm Hossein Khanzadi
CDR: Brig Gen Aziz Nasirzadeh
Khatemolanbia Central HQ
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defence Force (IRIAF) CDR: Brig Gen Alireza Sabahi Fard
IRGC Deputy Chief: RAdm Ali Fadavi
IRGC Aerospace Force (IRGCASF)
IRGC Navy (IRGCN)
IRGC Ground Force (IRGCF)
CDR: Brig Gen Amir Ali Hajizadeh
CDR: RAdm Alireza Tangsiri
CDR: Brig Gen Mohammad Pakpour
Al-Ghadir Missile Command CDR: Brig Gen Mahmud Bagheri Kazemabad
Figure 15: Organizational chart of key Iranian military and civilian leadership in January 2020159
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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC/Sepah-e Pasdaran)
IRGC Basij Organization of the Oppressed (BOO) CDR: Brig Gen Gholamreza Soleimani
IRGC Qods Force (IRGC-QF) CDR: Brig Gen Esmail Ghani
