Joint Staff of Islamic Republic of Iran Army
Joint Staff of Islamic Republic of Iran Army ستاد مشترک ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران | |
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Seal of the Joint Staff of Islamic Republic of Iran Army | |
Founded | 1921 |
Current form | 1998 |
Headquarters | Tehran, Iran |
Leadership | |
Commander-in-Chief | Major General Ataollah Salehi |
Chief of staff | Brigadier General Mohammad-Hossein Dadras |
Joint Staff of Islamic Republic of Iran Army (Persian: ستاد مشترک ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران), acronymed SEMAJA (Persian: سماجا), is the chief of staff of Iran's regular military, Islamic Republic of Iran Army (Artesh) with an aim to coordinate its four military branches.[1] The Joint Staff has Central Provost and University of Command and Staff under control.
Structure reform
From 1921 to 1998, "Chairman of Chief of Staff" (Persian: فرمانده ستاد مشترک ارتش) was the highest-ranking position within the Artesh, however after the newly established office "Commander-in-Chief of Artesh" (Persian: فرمانده کل ارتش) position was founded in 1998,[2] the former position was deposed as a decision-making position and became the coordinator deputy of the Chief Commander (Persian: معاونت هماهنگکننده ارتش). The position is currently held by Brigadier General Mohammad-Hossein Dadras, who is second-in-command and deputy of Major General Ataollah Salehi.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Hossein Aryan (November 15, 2011), The Artesh: Iran’s Marginalized and Under-Armed Conventional Military, Middle East Institute, retrieved December 15, 2015
- ↑ Buchta, Wilfried (2000), Who rules Iran?: the structure of power in the Islamic Republic, Washington DC: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, p. 147, ISBN 0-944029-39-6
- ↑ Army's research books have replaced foreign text, IBNA, retrieved December 15, 2015