Joint Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army

Not to be confused with General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Joint Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army
ستاد مشترک ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران
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 Abdolrahim Mousavi
Chief of staff	Rear admiral Habibollah Sayyari

The Joint Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army (Persian: ستاد مشترک ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران), acronymed SEMAJA (Persian: سماجا), is the chief of staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army, the conventional military of Iran,^[1] with an aim to coordinate its four military branches.^[2] 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: رئیس 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,^[3] 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 Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, who is second-in-command and deputy of Major general Abdolrahim Mousavi.^[4]

List of chiefs

Main article: List of commanders of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army § Chiefs of the Joint Staff

See also

• List of commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
• Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Joint Staff

References

1. Simon, Rita J.; Abdel-Moneim, Mohamed Alaa (2011), A Handbook of Military Conscription and Composition the World Over, Lexington Books, pp. 152–153, ISBN 978-0739167526
2. Hossein Aryan (November 15, 2011), The Artesh: Iran's Marginalized and Under-Armed Conventional Military, Middle East Institute, archived from the original on 2016-01-11, retrieved December 15, 2015
3. 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
4. Army's research books have replaced foreign text, IBNA, archived from the original on 2016-03-04, retrieved December 15, 2015