Honorific Prefix: | Timsar |
Ali Shahbazi | |
Birth Date: | 25 February 1937 |
Birth Place: | Qom, Iran |
Allegiance: | Iran |
Branch: | Ground Forces |
Serviceyears: | 1960–2000 |
Rank: | Major general |
Commands: | Islamic Republic of Iran Army |
Battles: | Iran–Iraq War |
Ali Shahbazi (Persian: علی شهبازی) is the former commander-in-chief of the Iranian Army.
Shahbazi was appointed by Rafsanjani as the chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Joint Staff on 7 May 1988.[1] Shahbazi was the first commander-in-chief of the Iranian Army.[2] He was succeeded by major general Mohammad Salimi when he resigned from office in May 2000.[3] Then he became the head of the Trusted University Council for National Defense and chief military advisor of Ali Khamenei.[2]