Mohammad Hossein Jalali Explained

Allegiance:	Iran
Rank:	Brigadier general
Battles:	Iran–Iraq War
Awards:	Order of Nasr
Module:	Embed: yes Order1: Minister of Defence Term Start1: 28 October 1985 Term End1: 29 August 1989 Primeminister1: Mir-Hossein Mousavi Predecessor1: Mohammad-Reza Rahimi (acting) Successor1: Akbar Torkan

Mohammad Hossein Jalali (Persian: محمدحسین جلالی) is an Iranian military official who served as minister of defense.

Career

Jalali was appointed minister of defense in October 1985 to the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi.^{[1] [2]} He replaced Mohammad Salimi as defense minister. Jalali was in office until August 1989.

Jalali was a brigadier general and the commander of the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He was appointed to this post in January 1992, replacing Hossein Dehghan.^[3] In November 1997, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf replaced Jalali as commander of the air wing of the IRGC. Then Jalali was appointed by Ali Khamenei as deputy chief of staff of the armed forces for logistics, research and industry.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: Sepehr Zabir. The Iranian Military in Revolution and War (RLE Iran D). 2012. Routledge. 978-1-136-81270-5. 277. London; New York. 36.
2. Book: Bahman Baktiari. 1996. Parliamentary Politics in Revolutionary Iran: The Institutionalization of Factional Politics. 157. University Press of Florida. 978-0-8130-1461-6. Gainesville, FL.
3. Web site: Anthony H. Cordesman. Iran's Military Forces: 1988-1993. 17 February 2013. September 1994. Center for Strategic and International Studies. https://web.archive.org/web/20131020131832/http://csis.org/files/media/csis/pubs/iranmiltrend88-93.pdf. dead. 20 October 2013.
4. News: Iran Names new Revolutionary Guards air force head. Reuters. 17 February 2013. Farsi Net. 31 October 1997.