Hossein Salami


Hossein Salami is an Iranian military officer with the rank of Major general, who is the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Biography

Hossein Salami was born in 1960 in Golpayegan, Isfahan province, Iran. In 1978, he was accepted in the mechanical engineering department at the Iran University of Science and Technology. When the Iran–Iraq War started, he joined the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. After the war, he continued his study and graduated with a Master's degree in defense management.
Salami stands out among the commanders of the Revolutionary Guards for his fiery and aggressive speeches targeting the US, Israel and Saudi Arabia.
On 21 April 2019, Ali Khamenei appointed Hossein Salami as the new Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.

Responsibilities

Hossein Salami was born in 1960 in Golpayegan, Isfahan province, Iran. His brother, Mostafa Salami, is a senior officer in the armed force. Also, he is an authority of Khatam-al Anbiya Construction Headquarters.

Sanctions

According to the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1747, sanctions was imposed on Iranian individual Hossein Salami on March 2007.
On April 8, 2019, the US inflicted economically and travel sanctions on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and organizations, companies, and individuals affiliated with them. Salami was included on a sanctions list as the new commander of the IRGC.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel immediately thanked Trump on Twitter. Salami said, the IRGC was proud that Washington named them as a terrorist group. ·In January 2019 Salami said: “We will fight them on the global level, not just in one spot. Our war is not a local war. We have plans to defeat the world powers.”