Jump to content

Amir Ali Hajizadeh

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by PurpleLarimar (talk | contribs) at 22:20, 5 October 2022 (Added Hajizadeh role in PS752 role. Added new sanctions.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Sardar

Amir Ali Hajizadeh
Born (1962-02-28) 28 February 1962 (age 62)
AllegianceIran
Service/branchIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Years of service1981–present
RankBrigadier General
CommandsAerospace Force

Amir Ali Hajizadeh (Persian: امیرعلی حاجی‌زاده; born 28 February 1962 in Tehran)[1] is commander of Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps since October 2009.[2][3]

During Eghtedar-e Velayat war game, on 8 March 2016, Hajizadeh said: "the reason we designed our missiles with a range of 2,000 km is to be able to hit our enemies from a safe distance."[4]

U.S. and Canada sanctions

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.[5]

On 29 September 2022, following the protests to the death of Mahsa Amini, Canada added Amir Ali Hajizadeh's name to Consolidated Canadian Autonomous Sanctions List.[6]

The downing of PS752

He was the commander of Aerospace Force of IRGC on 8 January 2020 when two surface-to-air missiles were shot to the Boeing 737-800, killing all 176 passengers and crew. Islamic Republic of Iran denied that missile brought down the plane for three days and pretended it was a plane crash.[7] As the evidence and international pressures escalated, IRGC issued a letter on 11 January 2020 and Hajizadeh accepted "full responsibility" for the shootdown.[8]

References

  1. ^ Sardar-Hajizadeh tabnak.ir Retrieved 22 June 2020
  2. ^ WINER, STUART (3 February 2015). "Iran boasts of rocket aid to Palestinians, Hezbollah". The Time of Israel. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Enemies seek to sabotage missile program: IRGC". Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  4. ^ Sharafedin, Bozorgmehr (9 March 2016). "Despite Threat Of Sanctions, Iran Tests Missiles Marked With The Phrase 'Israel Must Be Wiped Out'". Huffingtonpost. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ Canada, Global Affairs (2015-10-19). "Consolidated Canadian Autonomous Sanctions List". GAC. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  7. ^ "Iran denies that missile brought down Ukrainian airliner despite Canadian, U.S. assertions".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ جزئیات حادثه سقوط هواپیمای مسافربری اوکراین از زبان سردار حاجی زاده فرمانده نیروی هوافضای سپاه, retrieved 2022-10-05
Military offices
Preceded by Commander of the Revolutionary Guards Aerospace Force
4 October 2009 – present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Flag of IranSoldier icon

This biographical article related to the military of Iran is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amir_Ali_Hajizadeh&oldid=1114319279"