Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (Iran)
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Agency overview | |
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Formed | 22 August 1989 |
Type | Government ministry |
Jurisdiction | Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
Employees | Classified |
Annual budget | $1.53 billion (2020–21)[1] |
Minister responsible |
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Website | http://www.mod.ir/ |
The Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL;
Unlike many countries, the ministry is not involved with in-the-field military operational command of the armed forces. Instead it is responsible for planning, logistics and funding of the
The ministry is considered one of the three "sovereign" ministerial bodies of Iran due to nature of its work at home and abroad.[4]
History
1952–53: Reforms under Mossadegh
When
1970s procurement
1982–89: Two ministries
The
Subordinates
Iranian military industry, under the command of Ministry of Defence, is composed of the following main components:[6]
Organization | Field of activity |
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Iran Electronics Industries (SAIRAN) | Electronics, communications, e-warfare, radars, satellites, etc. |
Defense Industries Organization (SASAD) | Tanks, rockets, bombs, guns, armored vehicles, etc. |
Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO) | Guided missiles systems, etc. |
Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO) | Aircraft, UAV, helicopters, etc. |
Marine Industries Organization (MIO) | Ships, hovercraft, submarines, etc. |
Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research (SPND) | Defense related research and development. |
National Geographical Organization of Iran (NGO) | Matters related to military maps, national borders and geographical services required by the Armed Forces. |
Malek-Ashtar University of Technology (MUT) | The ministry's educational institution |
In August 2018, the Iranian Ministry of Defense declared it had unloaded its shares in Wagon Pars and Iran Airtour.[7] In November 2020, the head of the Research and Innovation Organisation of the defence ministry, the nuclear physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was assassinated in an ambush near Tehran.[8]
Ministers of Defence since 1979
No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | Cabinet |
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Minister of National Defence | |||||||
1 | Commodore Ahmad Madani (1929–2006) | 22 February 1979 | 31 March 1979 | 37 days | Army (Navy) | Bazargan | |
2 | Taghi Riahi (1911–1989) | Brigadier General31 March 1979 | 18 September 1979 | 171 days | Army (Ground Force) | Bazargan | |
3 | Mostafa Chamran (1932–1981) | 30 September 1979 | 28 May 1980 | 241 days | IWH | Bazargan Council of the Islamic Revolution | |
4 | Javad Fakoori (1936–1981) | Colonel10 September 1980 | 17 August 1981 | 341 days | Army (Air Force) | Rajai | |
5 | Mousa Namjoo (1938–1981) | Colonel17 August 1981 | 29 September 1981 † | 43 days | Army (Ground Force) | Bahonar Mahdavi Kani (interim) | |
6 | Mohammad Salimi (1937–2016) | Colonel2 November 1981 | 14 August 1984 | 2 years, 286 days | Army (Ground Force) | Mir-Hossein Mousavi I | |
Minister of Defence | |||||||
– | Mir-Hossein Mousavi (born 1942) Acting | 20 August 1984 | 21 October 1984 | 32 days | None | Mir-Hossein Mousavi I | |
– | Mohammad-Reza Rahimi Acting | Colonel21 October 1984 | 28 October 1985 | 1 year, 37 days | Army (Ground Force) | Mir-Hossein Mousavi I | |
7 | Mohammad Hossein Jalali (born 1936) | Colonel28 October 1985 | 29 August 1989 | 3 years, 305 days | Army (Ground Force) | Mir-Hossein Mousavi II | |
Minister of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics | |||||||
8 | Akbar Torkan (1952–2021) | 29 August 1989 | 16 August 1993 | 3 years, 352 days | None | Rafsanjani I | |
9 | Mohammad Forouzandeh (born 1960) | 16 August 1993 | 20 August 1997 | 4 years, 4 days | IRGC | Rafsanjani II | |
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15 | Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza Gharaei Ashtiani (born 1960) | 25 August 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 234 days | Army (Ground Force) | Raisi |
See also
References
- ^ Rome, Henry (17 June 2020), "Iran's Defense Spending", The Iran Primer, The United States Institute for Peace
- ISBN 9781317430742
- ISBN 978-0-16-095157-2, DIA-Q-00055-A
- ^ al Labbad, Mustafa (15 August 2012). "Rouhani's Cabinet Seeks New Balance in Iranian Policies". As Safir. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ^ ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
- ^ "Iran Electronics Industries (IEI) | Iran Watch". Archived from the original on 22 November 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ Iran Defense Ministry Claims It Has Divested From Civilian Businesses, Radiofarda.com, 27 August 2018
- ^ Top Iranian nuclear scientist assassinated near Tehran, Aljazeera.com, 27 November 2020
- Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL)
- Anthony H. Cordesman, Iran's military forces in transition