Mohammad Hossein Jalali

Iranian military official

Preceded byMohammad-Reza Rahimi (acting)

Awards

Mohammad Hossein Jalali
محمدحسین جلالی

Minister of Defence
In office 28 October 1985 – 29 August 1989
Prime Minister	Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by	Mohammad-Reza Rahimi (acting)
Succeeded by	Akbar Torkan

Personal details
Awards	Order of Nasr
Military service
Allegiance	Iran
Rank	Brigadier General
Commands	Army Aviation IRGC Air Force
Battles/wars	Iran–Iraq War

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

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.^[1] Jalali was in office until August 1989.

Jalali was 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]

References

1 2 Sepehr Zabir (2012). The Iranian Military in Revolution and War (RLE Iran D). Vol. 36. London; New York: Routledge. p. 277. ISBN 978-1-136-81270-5.
↑ Bahman Baktiari (1996). Parliamentary Politics in Revolutionary Iran: The Institutionalization of Factional Politics. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-8130-1461-6.
↑ Anthony H. Cordesman (September 1994). "Iran's Military Forces: 1988-1993" (PDF). Center for Strategic and International Studies. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
↑ "Iran Names new Revolutionary Guards air force head". Farsi Net. Reuters. 31 October 1997. Retrieved 17 February 2013.

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Military offices

Preceded by

Hossein Amir-Moayad

Deputy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces for Logistics and Industrial Research
1997–2000

Succeeded by

Mohammad-Reza Naghdi

Preceded by

Hossein Dehghan

Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Air Force
18 January 1992 – 30 October 1997

Succeeded by

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf

Preceded by

Mansour Shalchi

Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Aviation
Unknown–1985

Succeeded by

Mohammad Ansari

Government offices

Preceded by

Mohammad-Reza Rahimi

as Acting Minister

Minister of Defence
28 October 1985 – 29 August 1989

Succeeded by

Akbar Torkan

v t e Commanders of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Commander-in-Chief	Aghazamani (1980) Morteza Rezaee (1980–81) Mohsen Rezaee (1981–97) Safavi (1997–07) Jafari (2007–19) Salami (2019–25) Pakpour (2025–26) Vahidi (2026–present)
Chief of Joint Staff	Afshar (1984–87) Forouzandeh (1987–89) Zolghadr (1989–97) Alaei (1997–2000) Ahmadian (2000–07) Hejazi (2007–08)
Ground Force	Safavi (1985–89) Izadi (1989–92) Jafari (1992–05) A. Kazemi (2005–06) Zahedi (2006–08) Asadi (2008–09) Pakpour (2009–25) Karami (2025–present)
Aerospace Force	Refan (1985–90) Dehghan (1990–91) Jalali (1991–97) Ghalibaf (1997–2000) A. Kazemi (2000–05) Zahedi (2005–06) Salami (2006–09) Hajizadeh (2009–25) Mousavi (2025–present)
Navy	Alaei (1985–90) Shamkhani (1990–97) Ahmadian (1997–2000) Saffari (2000–10) Fadavi (2010–18) Tangsiri (2018–26)
Quds Force	Vahidi (1988–98) Q. Soleimani (1998–2020) Qaani (2020–present)
Mobilization Force	Rahmani (1984–90) Afshar (1990–98) Hejazi (1998–07) Taeb (2007–09) Naqdi (2009–16) Gheybparvar (2016–19) G. Soleimani (2019–26)
Intelligence	Taeb (2009–22) M. Kazemi (2022–25) Khademi (2025–26)
Intelligence Protection	Saeedi (1984–94) Morteza Rezaee (1994–06) Ramezani (2006–08) M. Kazemi (2008–22) Khademi (2022–26)
Supreme Leader Representative	Lahouti (1979) Mahallati (1980–81; 1983–86) Taheri (1981–82) Faker (1982–83) Nouri (1989–90) Mohammadi (1990–91) Movahedi (1991–06) Saeedi (2006–18) Hajisadeghi (2018–present)
Ministers	Rafighdoost (1982–88) Shamkhani (1988–89)
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sardars

v t e Defence ministers of Iran (since 1979)
Madani Riahi Chamran Fakoori Namjoo Salimi Mousavi^a Rahimi^a Jalali Torkan Forouzandeh Shamkhani Najjar Vahidi Dehghan Hatami Gharaei Ashtiani Nasirzadeh Ebn-e-Reza^a
^a Acting

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