Habibollah Sayyari
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Habibollah Sayyari | |
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حبیبالله سیاری | |
 Habibollah Sayyari in 2018 | |
| Acting Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces | |
| In office 13 June 2025 – 13 June 2025 | |
| President | Masoud Pezeshkian |
| Supreme Leader | Ali Khamenei |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Bagheri |
| Succeeded by | Abdolrahim Mousavi |
| Coordinating Deputy of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
| President | Hassan Rouhani Ebrahim Raisi Mohammad Mokhber (acting) Masoud Pezeshkian |
| Supreme Leader | Ali Khamenei |
| Preceded by | Mohammad-Hossein Dadras |
| Commander of the Iranian Navy | |
| In office 29 August 2007 – 5 November 2017 | |
| President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Hassan Rouhani |
| Supreme Leader | Ali Khamenei |
| Preceded by | Sajjad Kouchaki |
| Succeeded by | Hossein Khanzadi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1955 (age 70–71)[1] |
| Awards | .svg){kind=small} Order of Fath (1st grade)  Order of Merit and Management (2nd grade)} |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Pahlavi Iran (1974–1979) Iran (1979–present) |
| Branch/service | Navy |
| Years of service | 1974–present |
| Rank |  Rear admiral |
| Commands | Northern Fleet 1st Marine Brigade |
| Battles/wars | |
Habibollah Sayyari (Persian: حبیبالله سیاری, born 1955) is an Iranian military officer who briefly served as Acting Chief of Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces in June 2025. He previously served as Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy (the "Regular Navy").
On 13 June 2025, following Israeli strikes on Iran, he was appointed to the role by order of the Supreme Leader, replacing Mohammad Bagheri,[2] but was replaced shortly thereafter by Abdolrahim Mousavi.
He is a former marine commando who fought in the Iran–Iraq War.[1]
Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari was commissioned in the Artesh in 1974 and served in Imperial Iran Navy prior to the Revolution. Sayyari saw combat during the Iran-Iraq war as a Naval Commando.[3] He was part of the Bushehr Marine Rangers Battalion during the famed Battle of Khorramshahr (1980) and was wounded in the battle.[3] He also participated in Operation Morvarid[4] and was seriously wounded by a mortar shell during Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh.[5]
Habibollah Sayyari has served as the Commander of the 1st Marine Rifle Brigade; Commander of the Manjil Marine Commando Training Center, Deputy IRIN 1st Naval District Commander, IRIN 4th Naval District Commander and he has also served staff tours as the Assistant Deputy Coordinator, Military Advisor, Deputy of Administrative Affairs for Combat Services Support, Artesh Joint Staff Headquarters; IRIN Deputy Commander from 2005 to 2007; IRIN Commander 2007–2018.[3]
Responsibilities of Habibollah Sayyari
Habibollah Sayyari has held numerous key positions throughout his military career. Initially, he served in several important command roles, such as Commander of Marine Corps Training in Manjil, Commander of the 1st Marine Brigade in Bandar Abbas, Deputy Commander of the 1st Naval District (NEDAJA), and Commander of the Naval Training Center in Rasht and the 4th Naval District (NEDAJA).
Sayyari was later transferred to the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Army, where he served as the Deputy Coordinating Deputy and Deputy for Operational and Combat Support Affairs. In 2005, he returned to NEDAJA and served as Deputy Commander of the Navy until 2007, after which he took on the role of Commander of the Navy, a position he held for a decade until 2017.
Since November 2017, Sayyari has been serving as the Coordinating Deputy of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army and the Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Army. Currently, his military rank is Admiral (equivalent to Brigadier General).[6]
