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Hossein Salami
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5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,964x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,996x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,231x
- Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines
· 2018 · cited 9,648x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 8,000x
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Quotes
- “I warn them (United States) to withdraw from this field (continue to keep threatening Iranian top generals).”
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Key facts
- President
- Hassan Rouhani , Ebrahim Raisi , Mohammad Mokhber (acting), Masoud Pezeshkian
- Supreme leader
- Ali Khamenei
- Preceded by
- Mohammad Ali Jafari
- Succeeded by
- Ahmad Vahidi (acting), Mohammad Pakpour
- Born
- 1960 ( 1960 ) , Golpayegan , Pahlavi Iran
- Died
- 13 June 2025 (2025-06-13) (aged 64–65), Tehran , Iran
- Cause of death
- Airstrike
- Awards
- Order of Fath ( 1st class )
- Allegiance
- Iran
- Branch service
- IRGC
- Years of service
- 1980–2025
- Rank
- Major General Lieutenant General (posthumously)
- Battles wars
- Iran–Iraq War Syrian civil war Iranian intervention in the Syria War in Iraq (2013–2017) Iranian intervention in Iraq Twelve-Day War †
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Encyclopedic overview
Hossein Salami (Persian: حسین سلامی; 1960 – 13 June 2025) was an Iranian military officer who served as the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from 2019 until 2025, when he was killed by an Israeli airstrike during the Twelve-Day War in June.
Salami joined the IRGC during the Iran–Iraq War in 1980, when he was a college student. He rose through the ranks, becoming deputy commander. On 21 April 2019, the supreme leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, appointed him as the new Commander-in-Chief of the IRGC, replacing Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari. Salami stood out among the commanders of the IRGC for his fiery and aggressive speeches targeting the US, Israel, and Saudi Arabia.
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