Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces

Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces
Residence	House of Leadership
Style	Supreme Commander

Farmandeye Koll-e Qova (Persian: فرمانده کل قوا‎), formerly known as Bozorg Arteshtaran (Persian: بزرگ‌ارتشتاران‎), is the supreme commanding authority of all the Armed Forces of Iran and the highest possible military position within the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to the Constitution of Iran, the position is vested in the Supreme Leader of Iran and is held since 1981.

List of Commanders-in-Chief

Before the Persian Constitutional Revolution

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Length of term	Military rank	Service Branch
• Persia (1796-1907) •
1		Shah Agha Mohammad Khan	20 March 1796	17 June 1797	70001000000000000001 year, 700189000000000000089 days	N/A	N/A
2		Shah Fath-Ali Shah	17 June 1797	23 October 1834	700137000000000000037 years, 7002128000000000000128 days	N/A	N/A
3		Shah Mohammad Shah	23 October 1834	4 September 1848	700113000000000000013 years, 7002317000000000000317 days	N/A	N/A
4		Shah Naser al-Din Shah	4 September 1848	21 October 1848	50000000000000000000 years, 700146000000000000046 days	N/A	N/A
5		Chancellor Mirza Taghi Khan Farahani	21 October 1848	20 November 1851	70003000000000000003 years, 700130000000000000030 days	N/A	N/A
(4)		Shah Naser al-Din Shah	20 November 1851	1 May 1896	700144000000000000044 years, 7002163000000000000163 days	N/A	N/A
-		Prime Minister Mirza Ali Asghar Khan	1 May 1896	10 June 1896	50000000000000000000 years, 700140000000000000040 days	N/A	N/A
6		Shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah	10 June 1896	6 August 1906	700110000000000000010 years, 700157000000000000057 days	N/A	N/A
Persian Constitutional Revolution (6 August 1906)

After the Persian Constitutional Revolution

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Length of term	Military rank	Service Branch
• Sublime State of Persia (1906–1925) •
1		Shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah	6 August 1906	3 January 1907	50000000000000000000 years, 7002150000000000000150 days	N/A	N/A
2		Shah Mohammad Ali Shah	3 January 1907	16 July 1909	70002000000000000002 years, 7002194000000000000194 days	N/A	N/A
–		Regent Alireza Khan	16 July 1909	22 September 1910	70001000000000000001 year, 700156000000000000056 days	N/A	N/A
–		Regent Abolqasem Khan	22 September 1910	21 July 1914	70003000000000000003 years, 7002314000000000000314 days	N/A	N/A
3		Shah Ahmad Shah	21 July 1914	14 February 1925	700111000000000000011 years, 7002147000000000000147 days	N/A	N/A
4		Prime Minister Reza Khan	14 February 1925	15 December 1925	50000000000000000000 years, 7002304000000000000304 days	Brigadier general	Persian Cossack Brigade (1894–1921)
• Imperial State of Iran (1925–1979) •
1		Shah Reza Shah	15 December 1925	16 September 1941	700115000000000000015 years, 7002275000000000000275 days	Brigadier general	Persian Cossack Brigade (1894–1921)
2		Shah Mohammad Reza Shah	16 September 1941	21 July 1952	700110000000000000010 years, 7002309000000000000309 days	Captain	Imperial Iranian Army (1936–1941)
3		Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh	21 July 1952	19 August 1953	70001000000000000001 year, 700129000000000000029 days	N/A	N/A
(2)		Shah Mohammad Reza Shah	19 August 1953	11 February 1979	700125000000000000025 years, 7002176000000000000176 days	Captain	Imperial Iranian Army (1936–1941)
Iranian Revolution (11 February 1979)
• Interim Government of Iran (1979–1980) •
1		Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini	11 February 1979	19 February 1980	70001000000000000001 year, 70008000000000000008 days	N/A	N/A
• Islamic Republic of Iran (1980–present) •
2		President Abolhassan Banisadr	19 February 1980	10 June 1981	70001000000000000001 year, 7002111000000000000111 days	N/A	N/A
(1)		Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini	10 June 1981	3 June 1989	70007000000000000007 years, 7002358000000000000358 days	N/A	N/A
3		Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei	4 June 1989	present	700134000000000000034 years, 7002320000000000000320 days	N/A	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (24 November 1979–24 February 1980)

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