Alireza_Tangsiri Knowpia

Sardar

Alireza Tangsiri
Sardar; Alireza Tangsiri
Born	1962 (age 61–62)
Allegiance	Iran
Service/branch	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Rank	Commodore
Commands held	Navy
Battles/wars	Iran–Iraq War; 2016 U.S.–Iran naval incident;

Commodore Alireza Tangsiri (Persian: علیرضا تنگسیری) is an Iranian military officer and the current commander of Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps appointed since 23 August 2018, replacing Ali Fadavi.^[1]^[2]

U.S. sanctions edit

On 24 June 2019, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned him, freezing any of his U.S. assets and banning U.S. persons from doing business with him.^[3]

References edit

^ "Leader appoints new Revolutionary Guards' Navy cmdr". Mehr News Agency. 23 August 2018.
^ "Ayatollah Khamenei appoints new Commander of IRGC Navy, Coordinator". khamenei.ir. Retrieved Aug 26, 2018.
^ "Issuance of Executive Order of June 24, 2019, "Imposing Sanctions with Respect to Iran;" Iran-related Designations; Counter Terrorism Designations". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 2019-06-24.

Military offices
Preceded by Ali Fadavi	Commander of the IRGC Navy 23 August 2018 - Present	Succeeded by

[mehr-1] "Leader appoints new Revolutionary Guards' Navy cmdr". Mehr News Agency. 23 August 2018.

[2] "Ayatollah Khamenei appoints new Commander of IRGC Navy, Coordinator". khamenei.ir. Retrieved Aug 26, 2018.

[3] "Issuance of Executive Order of June 24, 2019, "Imposing Sanctions with Respect to Iran;" Iran-related Designations; Counter Terrorism Designations". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 2019-06-24.

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