Abdollah Najafi

Abdullah Najafi (Persian: عبدالله نجفی; born 1951) is a Brigadier General of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army, who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Army Ground Forces from May 8, 1991, to October 25, 1994. He entered the Army's Ground Forces Officers' Academy in 1969. After the 1979 Revolution, Najafi became a member of the Military Committee and the Office of Military Advisor to Ruhollah Khomeini. He headed the Presidential Military Working Group from 1988 to 1998. Between 1998 and 1991, Najafi served as Deputy Coordinator of the Army's Ground Forces, Deputy Coordinator of the Army's Joint Staff, and Deputy Coordinator of the Army's Ground Forces. In 1991, he was appointed Commander of the Army's Ground Forces, a position he held until 1994. He served as head of the General Office for Information Protection of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 1994 to 2004 before being replaced by Hesam Hashemi.