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Esmail Qaani

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Esmail Qaani

Esmail Qaani (also rendered as Ismail Qaani; Persian: اسماعیل قاآنی, romanized: Esmāʾil Qāʾānī;‎ 8 August 1957) is an Iranian brigadier general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who serves as the commander of the IRGC Quds Force, an elite special operations force responsible for extraterritorial operations. Qaani succeeded Qasem Soleimani as Quds Force commander after Soleimani was assassinated in January 2020.

Infobox

Native name
اسماعیل قاآنی
Nickname
"The Shadow Commander"[citation needed]
Born
(1957-08-08) 8 August 1957 (age 68)Mashhad, Pahlavi Iran
Allegiance
Iran
Branch
IRGC
Years of service
1980–present
Rank
Brigadier general
Unit
Quds Force
Commands
Quds Force (2020–present)
Known for
Commander of Quds Force; successor to Qasem Soleimani
Conflicts
mw- li Kurdish Rebellion (1979) (WIA) Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988) Afghan Civil War Iraq War (2003–2011) War in Iraq (2013–2017) Syrian civil war 2024 Iran–Israel conflict
Awards
Order of Fath (2nd Class) Iran–Iraq War Veteran Honors Distinguished Service Medal (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps)
Service years
1980–present

Tables

· External links
Unknown
Unknown
Military offices
Unknown
Military offices
Second-in-Command of Quds Force Unknown–2020
Military offices
Succeeded byMohammad Hejazi
Preceded byQasem Soleimani
Preceded byQasem Soleimani
Military offices
Preceded byQasem Soleimani
Military offices
Commander of Quds Force 2020–2025
Military offices
Vacant
Military offices
Unknown
Second-in-Command of Quds Force Unknown–2020
Succeeded byMohammad Hejazi
Preceded byQasem Soleimani
Commander of Quds Force 2020–2025
Vacant

References

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