Esmail Qaani
Sign in to saveEsmail Qaani is an Iranian brigadier general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who serves as the commander of the IRGC Quds Force, an elite special operations force responsible for extraterritorial operations. Qaani succeeded Qasem Soleimani as Quds Force commander after Soleimani was assassinated in January 2020.
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Key facts
- Native name
- اسماعیل قاآنی
- Born
- ( 1957-08-08 ) 8 August 1957 (age 68) , Mashhad , Pahlavi Iran
- Allegiance
- Iran
- Branch
- IRGC
- Service years
- 1980–present
- Rank
- Brigadier general
- Unit
- Quds Force
- Commands
- Quds Force (2020–present)
- Known for
- Commander of Quds Force; successor to Qasem Soleimani
- Conflicts
- Kurdish Rebellion (1979) ( Wounded in action</span>"}]]}'>WIA ) Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988) Afghan Civil War (1996–2001) Iraq War (2003–2011) War in Iraq (2013–2017) Syrian civil war (2011–2024) 2024 Iran–Israel conflict 2025 Iran–Israel war 2026 Iran war
- Awards
- Order of Fath (2nd Class) Iran–Iraq War Veteran Honors Distinguished Service Medal ( Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ismail
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Iran
- Place of birth
- Mashhad
- Educated at
- Imam Ali Officers' Academy
- Languages spoken
- Persian
- Religion
- Islam
- Conflict
- 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran
- Military branch
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
- Military rank
- brigadier general
- Image
- Esmail Ghaani in january 2020 (3x4 cropped).jpg
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- name in native language
- اسماعیل قاآنی
- date of birth
- 1957-08-08
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- Quds Force
- Commons category
- Esmail Ghaani
- start of work period
- 1980-00-00
- P10632
- Esmail Qaani
- honorific prefix
- Sardar
- allegiance
- Iran
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Encyclopedic overview
Esmail Qaani (also rendered as Ismail Qaani; Persian: اسماعیل قاآنی, romanized: Esmāʾil Qāʾānī; 8 August 1957) is an Iranian brigadier general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who serves as the commander of the IRGC Quds Force, an elite special operations force responsible for extraterritorial operations. Qaani succeeded Qasem Soleimani as Quds Force commander after Soleimani was assassinated in January 2020.
Early life
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