Yahya Rahim Safavi

Yahya Rahim Safavi
Born	1952 Isfahan, Iran
Allegiance	AGIR
Years of service	March 21, 1981 - Present
Rank	Major General (Persian: سرلشکر)
Unit	Artillery
Commands held	2nd Artillery Brigade AGIR
Battles/wars	Iran–Iraq War War on Terrorism 2001 uprising in Herat
Awards	Fajr Medal

Major General (Persian: سرلشکر) Yahya Rahim Safavi (Persian: یحیى رحیم صفوی , born 1952) is an Iranian military commander who served as the Chief commander of the Sepah from September 1, 1997 until September 1, 2007.

Early life

Safavi was Born in 1952 in Bagh-e Bahadoran located in the province of Isfahan, Iran.^[1]

Military career

Dr. Seyed Yahya (Rahim) Safavi was one of the leaders of the Iraq-Iran War and played a key role in the 2001 uprising in Herat in November 2001. He was replaced as commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) by Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, former director of the Strategic Studies Center of AGIR on September 1, 2007. Radio Farda, a radio news service run by Iranian exiles, reported that Safavi is thought to have become too openly sympathetic to the Mahmoud Ahmadinejad administration, when Iranian military officers are obliged to shun politics. According to Radio Free Europe, Radio Farda "quoted observers saying that Yahya-Safavi's almost partisan positions had caused unease or even rifts in the IRGC ranks, and the appointment is meant to resolve that."^[2]

Asset freeze

On 24 December 2006, Rahim Safavi was listed in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1737 asking for his assets (among others') to be frozen because of alleged involvements in Iranian nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.^[3]

See also

• Ali Movahedi-Kermani

Notes and references

1. ^ "Early life of Yahya Rahim Safavi". http://www.rahimsafavi.com/detailnews.asp?id=9450. His Personal Website (In Persian)
2. ^ [1] Sepehri, Vahid, "Iran: New Commander Takes Over Revolutionary Guards" article at the Web site of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, accessed. October 17, 2007
3. ^ "Security Council imposes sanctions on Iran for failure to halt uranium enrichment, unanimously adopting Resolution 1737". United Nations. http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/sc8928.doc.htm. 

External links

• Yahya Safavi: Shahab 3 Missile with Cluster Warhead Can Destroy Aircraft Carriers. Israel within Range of our Missiles

Military offices
Preceded by Mohsen Rezaee	Chief commander of Iranian Revolutionary Guard 1997- 2007	Succeeded by Mohammad Ali Jafari

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Name	Safavi, Yahya Rahim
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Date of birth	1952
Place of birth	Bah-e Bahadoran, Isfahan, Iran
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