Iranian leaders of the Iran–Iraq War

This is a list of Iranian leaders of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran during the Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988).

Leaders

 * Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces
 * Abolhassan Banisadr (Start of War – 10 June 1981)
 * Ruhollah Khomeini (10 June 1981 – End of War)
 * Akbar Rafsanjani, acted as the de facto commander-in-chief since mid-1980s and was later officially appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief on 2 June 1988
 * Hassan Rouhani, served as deputy to second-in-command since 1988

Islamic Republic of Iran Army

 * Chief-of-Staff
 * Brig. Gen. Valiollah Fallahi (Start of War – 29 September 1981)
 * Brig. Gen. Qasem-Ali Zahirnejad (1 October 1981 – 25 October 1984)
 * Col. Esmaeil Sohrabi (25 October 1984 – 1988)
 * Brig. Gen. Ali Shahbazi (1988 – End of War)
 * Ground Force
 * Brig. Gen. Qasem-Ali Zahirnejad (Start of War – 1 October 1981)
 * Col. Ali Sayyad Shirazi (1 October 1981 – Spring 1986)
 * Col. Hossein Hassani-Sadi (Spring 1986 – End of War)
 * Air Force
 * Col. Javad Fakoori (Start of War – 29 September 1981)
 * Col. Mohammad-Hossein Moinpour (2 October 1981 – 25 November 1983)
 * Col. Houshang Seddigh (25 November 1983 – 1986)
 * Col. Mansour Sattari (1986 – End of War)
 * Navy
 * Cpt. Bahram Afzali (Start of War – 30 April 1983)
 * Cpt. Esfandiar Hosseini (30 April 1983 – 25 June 1985)
 * Cpt. Mohammad-Hossein Malekzadegan (25 June 1985 – End of War)

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

 * Commander-in-Chief
 * Morteza Rezaee (Start of War –)
 * Mohsen Rezaei (11 September 1981 – End of War)
 * General Staff
 * Alireza Afshar (November 1984 – )
 * Mohammad Forouzandeh (– End of War)
 * Basij
 * Amir Majd (Start of War – December 1981)
 * Ahmad Salek (December 1981 –)
 * Mohammad-Ali Rahmani (16 February 1984 – End of War)
 * Ground Force
 * Yahya Rahim Safavi (1985–)
 * Ali Shamkhani (May 1986 –)
 * Air Force
 * Akbar Rafan (1985 – End of War)
 * Navy
 * Hossein Alaei (1985 – End of War)

Islamic Republic of Iran Army

 * Division commanders
 * Col. Hassan Abshenasan
 * Col. Masoud Monfared Niyaki
 * Col. Hasan Aghareb Parast

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

 * Division commanders
 * Hossein Kharrazi
 * Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
 * Ahmad Kazemi
 * Mohammad Boroujerdi
 * Ebrahim Hemmat
 * Qassem Soleimani
 * Mehdi Bakeri
 * Ahmad Motevaselian
 * Mehdi Zeinoddin
 * Mahmoud Kaveh
 * Ali Hashemi (Commander)
 * Sabz Ali Khodadad (Commander)

Ministers

 * Minister of Defence
 * Mostafa Chamran (Start of War – 29 October 1980)
 * Col. Javad Fakoori (–September 1980)
 * Col. Mousa Namjoo (17–29 September 1981)
 * Col. Mohammad Salimi (October 1981 – October 1985)
 * Col. Mohammad Hossein Jalali (October 1985 – End of War)
 * Minister of Revolutionary Guards
 * Mohsen Rafighdoost (November 1982 – End of War)