Ali Fadavi


Ali Fadavi is an Iranian military officer who was deputy commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from 2019 to 2025.

Early life and education

He was born in 1961. Fadavi studied at Isfahan University of Technology, where he gained a B.Sc. in electrical engineering and a MS in strategic management.

Military career

Fadavi joined the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in 1983 and is a veteran of the Iran–Iraq War. He served in the Quds Force, and has held "sensitive intelligence" positions. His career includes intelligence assignments as the Chief of Intelligence for the Najaf, Nooh, and Hamzeh Seyyed Ol-Shohada Headquarters respectively, Chief of Intelligence for the IRGCN, and Chief of Intelligence for Khatemolanbia HQ. Fadavi also served as the IRGCN 1st Naval District Commander.
From 1997 to 2010, he was deputy commander of the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and later commanded the branch from May 2010 to 23 August 2018. On 23 August 2018, he was appointed to the position of IRGC coordinator deputy, replacing Jamaladin Aberoumand.

Awards

In February 2016, Fadavi along with other commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps received Fath medal for arresting United States Navy sailors on January 12, 2016, in the Persian Gulf.