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Sardar Mohammad Reza Zahedi

Other name(s)	Reza Mahdavi Hassan Mahdavi Alireza Zahedi Ali Zahedi
Born	1944 Isfahan, Iran
Died	1 April 2024(2024-04-01) (aged 79–80) Damascus, Syria
Allegiance	Iran
Service / branch	Revolutionary Guards
Rank	Brigadier General
Unit	Quds Force
Commands	Air Force Ground Force
Battles / wars	Iran–Iraq War Syrian Civil War

Mohammad Reza Zahedi (Template:Lang-fa) was an Iranian senior military officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He previously commanded its Air Force and Ground Force and has served as one of the top commanders of the Quds Force. Was assassinated at the Iranian embassy in Syrian allegedly as a result of Israeli Air Force bombing.

Death

On April 1, 2024, Zahedi was killed by an Israeli airstrike near the Iranian embassy in Damascus after the Iranian ambassador left the targeted location.

References

^ "Recent OFAC Actions". U.S. Department of the Treasury. 16 August 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
^ "Brigadier General Mohammad Reza (Ali) Zahedi". Iran Briefing. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
"Leader Appoints New IRGC Ground Force and Air Force Commanders". The Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. 21 January 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
i24NEWS (2024-04-01). "Six dead in strike near Iranian embassy in Damascus". I24news. Retrieved 2024-04-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

Military offices
Preceded byAhmad Kazemi	Commander of the Revolutionary Guard Air Force 25 August 2005 – 21 January 2006	Succeeded byHossein Salamias Commander of Aerospace Force
Preceded byAhmad Kazemi	Commander of the Revolutionary Guard Ground Force 21 January 2006 – 13 July 2008	Succeeded byMohammad Jafar Asadi

v t e Commanders of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Commander-in-Chief	Agha-Zamani (1980) Morteza Rezaee (1980) Mohsen Rezaee (1980–97) Safavi (1997–07) Jafari (2007–19) Salami (2019–present)
Chief of Joint Staff	Afshar (1984–87) Forouzandeh (1987–89) Zolghadr (1989–97) Alaei (1997–00) Ahmadian (2000–07) Hejazi (2007–08)
Ground Force	Safavi (1985–89) Izadi (1989–92) Jafari (1992–05) Kazemi (2005–06) Zahedi (2006–08) Asadi (2008–09) Pakpour (2009–present)
Aerospace Force	Refan (1985–90) Dehghan (1990–91) Jalali (1991–97) Ghalibaf (1997–00) Kazemi (2000–05) Zahedi (2005–06) Salami (2006–09) Hajizadeh (2009–present)
Navy	Alaei (1985–90) Shamkhani (1990–97) Ahmadian (1997–00) Saffari (2000–10) Fadavi (2010–18) Tangsiri (2018–present)
Quds Force	Vahidi (1988–98) Soleimani (1998–2020) Qaani (2020–present)
Mobilization Force	Rahmani (1984–90) Afshar (1990–98) Hejazi (1998–07) Taeb (2007–09) Naqdi (2009–16) Gheybparvar (2016–19) Soleimani (2019–present)
Intelligence	Taeb (2009–22) Kazemi (2022–present)
Intelligence Protection	Saeedi (1984–94) Morteza Rezaee (1994–06) Ramezani (2006–08) Kazemi (2008–22)
Supreme Leader Representative	Lahouti (1979) Mahallati (1980–81; 1983–86) Taheri (1981–82) Faker (1982–83) Nouri (1989–90) Mohammadi (1990–91) Movahedi (1991–06) Saeedi (2006–18) Hajisadeghi (2018–present)
Ministers	Rafighdoost (1982–88) Shamkhani (1988–89)
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sardars

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