| Honorific Prefix: | Sardar |
| Yahya Rahim Safavi | |
| Birth Place: | Isfahan, Pahlavi Iran |
| Allegiance: | Iran |
| Branch: | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps |
| Serviceyears: | 1979–present |
| Rank: | Major general |
| Commands: | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces |
| Battles: | |
| Awards: | full list |
Yahya "Rahim" Safavi (fa|یحیی (رحیم) صفوی, born 1952) is an Iranian military commander who served as the chief commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.[1] [2]
Safavi was born in 1952 in the city of Isfahan, Iran.
Safavi was one of the leaders of the Iran–Iraq War.[3] During the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, he played a key role in the uprising in Herat in November 2001, where American, Iranian and Northern Alliance troops supported a local uprising against the Taliban.
He served as the deputy commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps until 1997 when he was appointed its commander, replacing Mohsen Rezaee in 1997.[4]
He was replaced as commander of the IRGC by Mohammad Ali Jafari, former director of the Strategic Studies Center of the IRGC on 1 September 2007.[5] Then he was appointed by the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei as his special military advisor.[6]
On 24 December 2006, Rahim Safavi was included on a list of Iranian individuals and organizations sanctioned by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1737 due to their alleged involvement in the Iranian nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.[7]
Fath grade 1
Fath grade 2