[1/2] Brigadier General Esmail Qaani, the head of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, speaks during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the death of senior Iranian military commander Mohammad FILE PHOTO: Brigadier General Esmail Qaani, the head of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, speaks during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the death of senior Iranian military commander [1/2] Brigadier General Esmail Qaani, the head of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, speaks during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the death of senior Iranian military commander Mohammad Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Brigadier-General Esmail Qaani's whereabouts are not currently known, according to a New York Times report, citing Iranian media. Esmail Qaani (also spelled as Ismail Qaani; [3] Persian: اسماعیل قاآنی; born 8 August 1957 - disappeared 3 October 2024) [4] is an Iranian brigadier general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and commander of its Quds Force, a division primarily responsible for extraterritorial operations.The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, appointed Qaani to succeed Qasem The sources likewise believed that Qods Force leadership had reprimanded Qaani in a meeting held on October 14 and attended by the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Bagheri, commander of the central headquarters of Khatam al-Anbiya Gholam Ali Rashid, Shirazi, head of the military office of Mohsen Qomi, and a number of On January 3, Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appointed Brig. Gen. Esmail Qaani as chief commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force, just hours after his predecessor, Qasem Soleimani, was killed by a U.S. drone strike. The new commander's background and military activities are not nearly as well known as Soleimani's Following the assassination Gen Qaani became the new chief of Iran's elite Quds Force. The Quds Force is the overseas

operations arm of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), set up in the Esmail Qaani, commander of Iran's Quds Force, was reportedly in Beirut aiding Hezbollah amid speculation of his death in an Israeli airstrike. Brigadier General Esmail Qaani, the head of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, speaks during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the death of senior Iranian military commander Mohammad Hejazi Meet Esmail Qaani. Born in Mashhad, 61-year-old Brig.-Gen. Esmail Qaani received his military training at the Imam Ali Officers Academy in Tehran. He joined the IRGC in his early 20s. After two Oct 07, 2024, 03:52 AM. Iran's Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani has not been heard from since Israeli strikes on Beirut late last week, two senior Iranian security officials told Reuters. Qaani Esmail Qaani (Photo: AP) Immediately following the attack General Esmail Qaani, head of the Quds force, dispatched two people to the pro-Iran militias in Iraq to scold them for attacking the U.S Esmail Qaani, the head of Iran's Quds Force, speaks during a ceremony on the occasion of first anniversary of death of the force's previous head Qassem Soleimani, in Tehran, Iran, January 1, 2021. 6. Quds Force chief Esmail Ghaani. (Courtesy) TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A new Iranian general has stepped out of the shadows to lead the country's expeditionary Quds Force, becoming responsible for Following the assassination Gen Qaani became the new chief of Iran's elite Quds Force. The Quds Force is the overseas operations arm of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), set up in the Brigadier General Esmail Qaani, the head of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, speaks during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the death of senior Iranian military commander Mohammad Hejazi Following the killing of top Iranian military commander General Qassem Soleimani in a US drone strike in Baghdad, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has chosen General Esmail Qaani to replace Soleimani

as the head of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Khamenei overlooked several first-generation IRGC When Esmail Qaani, the head of Iran 's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force, visited Iraq on January 15-17, coverage by local muqawama (resistance) media outlets was more extensive than during his previous visits.Militia Spotlight assesses that this effort was likely part of an IRGC-QF campaign to consolidate Qaani's influence as the heir to the late commander Qasem Soleimani 01:34. An Iranian general who promised to "see the dead bodies of Americans all over the Middle East" is missing after an Israeli attack in Lebanon that may have also killed the presumed new Iranian Quds force commander Esmail Qaani in Tehran, on January 1, 2021. He reportedly met with Tehran-backed groups in Iraq to urge them not to escalate attacks against the U.S., the Institute