Hossein Salami

Hossein Salami is an Iranian military officer with the rank of Major general, who currently serves as 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.

Responsibilities

 * Commander of IRGC University of Command and Staff (1992–1997)
 * Operations deputy of IRGC Joint Staff (1997–2005)
 * Commander of IRGC Air Force (2005 – October 2009)
 * Academic staff of Supreme National Defense University
 * Deputy commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (2009–2019)
 * The commander-in-chief of the IRGC (2019) : On 21 April 2019, Ali Khamenei appointed Hossein Salami as the new Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.

Personal life
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, US inflicted economically and travel sanctions on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and organizations, companies and individuals affiliated with them. Following the incident, 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 assigned them as a terrorist group.