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'''Ali Fazli''' (born 1961 in [[Tuyserkan]]) is a [[Brigadier general|Brigadier General]] of the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]], currently serving as the Deputy Coordinator of the Revolutionary Guard Corps.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-28 |title=‘True Promise 3’ to be carried out on schedule |url=https://en.mehrnews.com/news/229034/True-Promise-3-to-be-carried-out-on-schedule |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Mehr News Agency |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-18 |title=IRGC Commander Trumpets Iran’s Foreign Military Interventions |url=https://en.radiofarda.com/a/irgc-commander-trumpets-iran-s-foreign-military-interventions/29827770.html |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-28 |title=Iran’s IRGC Commander Asserts Operation True Promise III To Be Carry Out ‘in Right Time’ |url=https://ifpnews.com/iran-irgc-commander-operation-true-promise-iii-right-time/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Iran Front Page |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-09 |title=The IRGC Headquarters |url=https://iranwire.com/en/features/65740-the-irgc-headquarters/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Iran Wire |language=en}}</ref> He joined the IRGC in 1979 and was a mid-level commander of the IRGC during the [[Iran–Iraq War]], participating in most of the IRGC's major operations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-02 |title=Ali Fazli: Suppressor of Urban Riots |url=https://iranwire.com/en/features/65998/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Iran Wire |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Member |first=Farsi Writers Page Amir Daftari News Reporter Newsweek Is A. Trust Project |date=2025-02-28 |title=Iran threatens new attack on Israel |url=https://www.newsweek.com/iran-threatens-new-attack-israel-2037871 |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-08-04 |title=Iran’s Islamic armed forces tell students in UK to wage war on Jews |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/asia/article/irans-islamic-armed-forces-tell-students-in-uk-to-wage-war-on-jews-b8vth2tbh |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=The Times |language=en}}</ref>
'''Ali Fazli''' (born 1961 in [[Tuyserkan]]) is a [[Brigadier general|Brigadier General]] of the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]], currently serving as the Deputy Coordinator of the Revolutionary Guard Corps.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-28 |title='True Promise 3' to be carried out on schedule |url=https://en.mehrnews.com/news/229034/True-Promise-3-to-be-carried-out-on-schedule |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Mehr News Agency |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-18 |title=IRGC Commander Trumpets Iran's Foreign Military Interventions |url=https://en.radiofarda.com/a/irgc-commander-trumpets-iran-s-foreign-military-interventions/29827770.html |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-28 |title=Iran's IRGC Commander Asserts Operation True Promise III To Be Carry Out 'in Right Time' |url=https://ifpnews.com/iran-irgc-commander-operation-true-promise-iii-right-time/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Iran Front Page |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-09 |title=The IRGC Headquarters |url=https://iranwire.com/en/features/65740-the-irgc-headquarters/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Iran Wire |language=en}}</ref> He joined the IRGC in 1979 and was a mid-level commander of the IRGC during the [[Iran–Iraq War]], participating in most of the IRGC's major operations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-02 |title=Ali Fazli: Suppressor of Urban Riots |url=https://iranwire.com/en/features/65998/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Iran Wire |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Member |first=Farsi Writers Page Amir Daftari News Reporter Newsweek Is A. Trust Project |date=2025-02-28 |title=Iran threatens new attack on Israel |url=https://www.newsweek.com/iran-threatens-new-attack-israel-2037871 |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-08-04 |title=Iran's Islamic armed forces tell students in UK to wage war on Jews |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/asia/article/irans-islamic-armed-forces-tell-students-in-uk-to-wage-war-on-jews-b8vth2tbh |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=The Times |language=en}}</ref>


Fazli was the commander of the [[33rd Al-Mahdi Division]] from 1981 to 1982 and the [[27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division]] Brigade from 1982 to 1983.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-11-10 |title=As axis of resistance breaks down, Iraqi militias take center stage |url=https://www.jns.org/as-axis-of-resistance-breaks-down-iraqi-militias-take-center-stage/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Jewish News Syndicate |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2009-06-22 |title=A Crack In The Revolutionary Guards? |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2009/06/a-crack-in-the-revolutionary-guards/199791/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2013-08-18 |title=Iran to Teach High School Students How to Hunt Drones |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/iran-nuclear-program-drone-tehran-rohani-centrifuge-499725 |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=International Business Times UK |language=en}}</ref> He commanded the 10th Division of Sayyid Al-Shohada from 1985 to 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-12-07 |title=Every Which Way But Lose |url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2009/12/every-which-way-but-lose.html |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=FRONTLINE - Tehran Bureau |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2011-04-15 |title=EU Finalizes Sanctions for 32 Individuals in Iranian Government Who Violated Human Rights |url=https://iranhumanrights.org/2011/04/eu-sanctions-officials/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Center for Human Rights in Iran}}</ref> He was the deputy commander of the [[Thar-Allah Headquarters]] from 1997 to 1999, and from 2005 to 2008, he served as the deputy chief of operations for the IRGC Joint Headquarters.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-23 |title=All enemy moves under Iranian forces’ constant watch: senior IRGC cmdr. |url=https://en.mehrnews.com/news/160104/All-enemy-moves-under-Iranian-forces-constant-watch-senior |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Mehr News Agency |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-08-03 |title=We have proved that the IRGC is a terror group operating in Britain. Ban it now |url=https://www.thejc.com/opinion/we-have-proved-that-the-irgc-is-a-terror-group-operating-in-britain-ban-it-now-wzpzzx6e |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=The Jewish Chronicle |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |date=2009-07-08 |title=Khamenei's son takes control of Iran's anti-protest militia |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jul/08/khamenei-son-controls-iran-militia |access-date=2025-06-27 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Fazli was the deputy head of the [[Basij]] from 2009 to 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2013-08-19 |title=Iranian high schoolers to study ‘drone hunting’ |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/iranian-high-schoolers-to-study-drone-hunting/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Times of Israel |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2015-04-01 |title=‘We monitor land, sky, sea day and night’ |url=https://www.yjc.ir/en/news/6665/%E2%80%98we-monitor-land-sky-sea-day-and-night%E2%80%99 |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Young Journalists Club |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Aryan |first=Hossein |date=2010-07-20 |title=Blaming Outsiders Won’t Solve Iran's Baluchistan Problem |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/Blaming_Outsiders_Wont_Solve_Irans_Baluchistan_Problem/2104613.html |access-date=2025-06-27 |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |language=en}}</ref> He was the commander of the [[Imam Hossein University]] from 2018 to 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-22 |title=General Fazli named Imam Hossein Cadet College chief |url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/422855/General-Fazli-named-Imam-Hossein-Cadet-College-chief |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Tehran Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-10 |title=Farewell, introduction ceremony of Imam Hossein Cadet College chief |url=https://en.mehrnews.com/photo/159663/Farewell-introduction-ceremony-of-Imam-Hossein-Cadet-College |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Mehr News Agency |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-01-26 |title=Imam Hussein University (IHU) |url=https://www.iranwatch.org/iranian-entities/imam-hussein-university-ihu |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Iran Watch}}</ref>
Fazli was the commander of the [[33rd Al-Mahdi Division]] from 1981 to 1982 and the [[27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division]] Brigade from 1982 to 1983.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-11-10 |title=As axis of resistance breaks down, Iraqi militias take center stage |url=https://www.jns.org/as-axis-of-resistance-breaks-down-iraqi-militias-take-center-stage/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Jewish News Syndicate |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2009-06-22 |title=A Crack In The Revolutionary Guards? |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2009/06/a-crack-in-the-revolutionary-guards/199791/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2013-08-18 |title=Iran to Teach High School Students How to Hunt Drones |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/iran-nuclear-program-drone-tehran-rohani-centrifuge-499725 |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=International Business Times UK |language=en}}</ref> He commanded the 10th Division of Sayyid Al-Shohada from 1985 to 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-12-07 |title=Every Which Way But Lose |url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2009/12/every-which-way-but-lose.html |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=FRONTLINE - Tehran Bureau |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2011-04-15 |title=EU Finalizes Sanctions for 32 Individuals in Iranian Government Who Violated Human Rights |url=https://iranhumanrights.org/2011/04/eu-sanctions-officials/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Center for Human Rights in Iran}}</ref> He was the deputy commander of the [[Thar-Allah Headquarters]] from 1997 to 1999, and from 2005 to 2008, he served as the deputy chief of operations for the IRGC Joint Headquarters.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-23 |title=All enemy moves under Iranian forces' constant watch: senior IRGC cmdr. |url=https://en.mehrnews.com/news/160104/All-enemy-moves-under-Iranian-forces-constant-watch-senior |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Mehr News Agency |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-08-03 |title=We have proved that the IRGC is a terror group operating in Britain. Ban it now |url=https://www.thejc.com/opinion/we-have-proved-that-the-irgc-is-a-terror-group-operating-in-britain-ban-it-now-wzpzzx6e |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=The Jewish Chronicle |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |date=2009-07-08 |title=Khamenei's son takes control of Iran's anti-protest militia |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jul/08/khamenei-son-controls-iran-militia |access-date=2025-06-27 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Fazli was the deputy head of the [[Basij]] from 2009 to 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2013-08-19 |title=Iranian high schoolers to study 'drone hunting' |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/iranian-high-schoolers-to-study-drone-hunting/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Times of Israel |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2015-04-01 |title='We monitor land, sky, sea day and night' |url=https://www.yjc.ir/en/news/6665/%E2%80%98we-monitor-land-sky-sea-day-and-night%E2%80%99 |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Young Journalists Club |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Aryan |first=Hossein |date=2010-07-20 |title=Blaming Outsiders Won't Solve Iran's Baluchistan Problem |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/Blaming_Outsiders_Wont_Solve_Irans_Baluchistan_Problem/2104613.html |access-date=2025-06-27 |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |language=en}}</ref> He was the commander of the [[Imam Hossein University]] from 2018 to 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-22 |title=General Fazli named Imam Hossein Cadet College chief |url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/422855/General-Fazli-named-Imam-Hossein-Cadet-College-chief |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Tehran Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-10 |title=Farewell, introduction ceremony of Imam Hossein Cadet College chief |url=https://en.mehrnews.com/photo/159663/Farewell-introduction-ceremony-of-Imam-Hossein-Cadet-College |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Mehr News Agency |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-01-26 |title=Imam Hussein University (IHU) |url=https://www.iranwatch.org/iranian-entities/imam-hussein-university-ihu |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Iran Watch}}</ref>


== Sanctions ==
== Sanctions ==
* {{flag icon|EU}} '''[[European Union]]:''' In a decision on April 13, 2011, banned 32 Iranian officials, including Ali Fazli, from entering the [[EU countries]] for their role in widespread violations of the rights of Iranian citizens.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Individuals with IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) nationality over time |url=https://data.europa.eu/apps/eusanctionstracker/nationalities/IR |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=European Commission}}</ref> According to the EU statement, the 10th Division of Sayyid Al-Shohada Brigade was responsible for providing security in [[Tehran]], which played a significant role in suppressing protests against the results of the [[2009 Iranian presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 359/2011 |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2011/359/oj/eng |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=eur-lex.europa.eu}}</ref>
* {{flag icon|EU}} '''[[European Union]]:''' In a decision on April 13, 2011, banned 32 Iranian officials, including Ali Fazli, from entering the [[EU countries]] for their role in widespread violations of the rights of Iranian citizens.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Individuals with IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) nationality over time |url=https://data.europa.eu/apps/eusanctionstracker/nationalities/IR |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=European Commission}}</ref> According to the EU statement, the 10th Division of Sayyid Al-Shohada Brigade was responsible for providing security in [[Tehran]], which played a significant role in suppressing protests against the results of the [[2009 Iranian presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 359/2011 |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2011/359/oj/eng |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=eur-lex.europa.eu}}</ref>
* {{flag icon|USA}} '''[[United States of America]]:''' On 21 May 2012, the [[United States Department of the Treasury]] also sanctioned Ali Fazli for [[human rights abuses]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sanctions List Search |url=https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=15552 |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=OFAC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Report to Congress List of Persons Who Are Responsible for or Complicit in Certain Human Rights Abuses in Iran |url=https://2017-2021.state.gov/report-to-congress-list-of-persons-who-are-responsible-for-or-complicit-in-certain-human-rights-abuses-in-iran/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=United States Department of State |language=en-US}}</ref> According to the statement, Fazli, as commander of the 10th Division of Sayyid Al-Shohada, was responsible for suppressing peaceful protests after the 2009 Iranian presidential election.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-09 |title=‘Basij has reduced sanctions effects’ |url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/430459/Basij-has-reduced-sanctions-effects |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Tehran Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Report to Congress on Identification of, and Immigration Restrictions on, Senior Officials of the Government of Iran and their Family Members |url=https://2021-2025.state.gov/report-to-congress-on-identification-of-and-immigration-restrictions-on-senior-officials-of-the-government-of-iran-and-their-family-members-2/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=United States Department of State |language=en}}</ref> He also, as deputy commander of the Basij, was involved in organizing cyberattacks against foreign news websites in order to deny Iranian citizens access to information.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-11-09 |title=Iranian Cyber-Repression Brings U.S. Sanctions on Key Officials |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-11-08/iran-cyber-repression-brings-u-s-sanctions-on-officials |access-date=2025-06-27 |work=Bloomberg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Report to Congress: List of Persons Who Are Responsible for or Complicit in Certain Human Rights Abuses in Iran |url=https://2021-2025.state.gov/report-to-congress-list-of-persons-who-are-responsible-for-or-complicit-in-certain-human-rights-abuses-in-iran/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=United States Department of State |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Iran's Cyber War: Hackers In Service Of The Regime; IRGC Claims Iran Can Hack Enemy's Advanced Weapons Systems; Iranian Army Official: 'The Cyber Arena Is Actually The Arena Of The Hidden Imam' |url=https://www.memri.org/reports/irans-cyber-war-hackers-service-regime-irgc-claims-iran-can-hack-enemys-advanced-weapons |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=MEMRI |language=en}}</ref>
* {{flag icon|USA}} '''[[United States of America]]:''' On 21 May 2012, the [[United States Department of the Treasury]] also sanctioned Ali Fazli for [[human rights abuses]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sanctions List Search |url=https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=15552 |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=OFAC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Report to Congress List of Persons Who Are Responsible for or Complicit in Certain Human Rights Abuses in Iran |url=https://2017-2021.state.gov/report-to-congress-list-of-persons-who-are-responsible-for-or-complicit-in-certain-human-rights-abuses-in-iran/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=United States Department of State |language=en-US}}</ref> According to the statement, Fazli, as commander of the 10th Division of Sayyid Al-Shohada, was responsible for suppressing peaceful protests after the 2009 Iranian presidential election.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-09 |title='Basij has reduced sanctions effects' |url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/430459/Basij-has-reduced-sanctions-effects |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Tehran Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Report to Congress on Identification of, and Immigration Restrictions on, Senior Officials of the Government of Iran and their Family Members |url=https://2021-2025.state.gov/report-to-congress-on-identification-of-and-immigration-restrictions-on-senior-officials-of-the-government-of-iran-and-their-family-members-2/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=United States Department of State |language=en}}</ref> He also, as deputy commander of the Basij, was involved in organizing cyberattacks against foreign news websites in order to deny Iranian citizens access to information.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-11-09 |title=Iranian Cyber-Repression Brings U.S. Sanctions on Key Officials |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-11-08/iran-cyber-repression-brings-u-s-sanctions-on-officials |access-date=2025-06-27 |work=Bloomberg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Report to Congress: List of Persons Who Are Responsible for or Complicit in Certain Human Rights Abuses in Iran |url=https://2021-2025.state.gov/report-to-congress-list-of-persons-who-are-responsible-for-or-complicit-in-certain-human-rights-abuses-in-iran/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=United States Department of State |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Iran's Cyber War: Hackers In Service Of The Regime; IRGC Claims Iran Can Hack Enemy's Advanced Weapons Systems; Iranian Army Official: 'The Cyber Arena Is Actually The Arena Of The Hidden Imam' |url=https://www.memri.org/reports/irans-cyber-war-hackers-service-regime-irgc-claims-iran-can-hack-enemys-advanced-weapons |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=MEMRI |language=en}}</ref>
* {{flag icon|UK
* {{flag icon|UK
}} '''[[United Kingdom]]:''' Sanctioned Ali Fazli, who is subject to UK sanctions for gross human rights violations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UANI Europe Campaign |url=https://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/khameneifreezone |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=UANI |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Affiliated with IRGC which is subject to terrorism sanctions |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/359/annexes/2014-04-12?view=plain |access-date=2025-06-27 |work=UANI}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=2025-04-14 |title=Consolidated list of financial sanctions targets in the UK |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67fcdf13ed87b8160854661f/Iran__2_.pdf |journal=Financial Sanctions Unit UK}}</ref>
}} '''[[United Kingdom]]:''' Sanctioned Ali Fazli, who is subject to UK sanctions for gross human rights violations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UANI Europe Campaign |url=https://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/khameneifreezone |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=UANI |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Affiliated with IRGC which is subject to terrorism sanctions |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/359/annexes/2014-04-12?view=plain |access-date=2025-06-27 |work=UANI}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=2025-04-14 |title=Consolidated list of financial sanctions targets in the UK |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67fcdf13ed87b8160854661f/Iran__2_.pdf |journal=Financial Sanctions Unit UK}}</ref>

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Sardar

Ali Fazli
Born1961 (age 63–64)
Tuyserkan, Hamedan, Iran
AllegianceIslamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces
BranchIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Years of service1979-present
RankBrigadier general
Commands33rd Al-Mahdi Division
27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division
10th Division of Sayyid Al-Shohada
Battles / warsIran–Iraq War (WIA)
AwardsOrder of Fath (Grade 3)

Ali Fazli (born 1961 in Tuyserkan) is a Brigadier General of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, currently serving as the Deputy Coordinator of the Revolutionary Guard Corps.[1][2][3][4] He joined the IRGC in 1979 and was a mid-level commander of the IRGC during the Iran–Iraq War, participating in most of the IRGC's major operations.[5][6][7]

Fazli was the commander of the 33rd Al-Mahdi Division from 1981 to 1982 and the 27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division Brigade from 1982 to 1983.[8][9][10] He commanded the 10th Division of Sayyid Al-Shohada from 1985 to 1997.[11][12] He was the deputy commander of the Thar-Allah Headquarters from 1997 to 1999, and from 2005 to 2008, he served as the deputy chief of operations for the IRGC Joint Headquarters.[13][14][15] Fazli was the deputy head of the Basij from 2009 to 2018.[16][17][18] He was the commander of the Imam Hossein University from 2018 to 2022.[19][20][21]

Sanctions

  • European Union European Union: In a decision on April 13, 2011, banned 32 Iranian officials, including Ali Fazli, from entering the EU countries for their role in widespread violations of the rights of Iranian citizens.[22] According to the EU statement, the 10th Division of Sayyid Al-Shohada Brigade was responsible for providing security in Tehran, which played a significant role in suppressing protests against the results of the 2009 Iranian presidential election.[23]
  • United States United States of America: On 21 May 2012, the United States Department of the Treasury also sanctioned Ali Fazli for human rights abuses.[24][25] According to the statement, Fazli, as commander of the 10th Division of Sayyid Al-Shohada, was responsible for suppressing peaceful protests after the 2009 Iranian presidential election.[26][27] He also, as deputy commander of the Basij, was involved in organizing cyberattacks against foreign news websites in order to deny Iranian citizens access to information.[28][29][30]
  • United Kingdom United Kingdom: Sanctioned Ali Fazli, who is subject to UK sanctions for gross human rights violations.[31][32][33]
  • Canada Canada: Sanctioned Ali Fazli for grave breach of international peace and security.[34]

References

  1. ^ "'True Promise 3' to be carried out on schedule". Mehr News Agency. 2025-02-28. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
  2. ^ "IRGC Commander Trumpets Iran's Foreign Military Interventions". Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. 2019-03-18. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
  3. ^ "Iran's IRGC Commander Asserts Operation True Promise III To Be Carry Out 'in Right Time'". Iran Front Page. 2025-02-28. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
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Military offices
New title Commander of 33rd Al-Mahdi Division Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander of 27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division
1982–1983 		Succeeded by
Reza Cheraghi
Preceded by
Mohammad Khazaie
 Commander of 10th Division of Sayyid Al-Shohada
1985–1997 		Succeeded by
Asadolah Naseh
Preceded by Deputy Commander of Thar-Allah Headquarters
1997–1999 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Majid Haji Hatem
 Deputy Head of Operations Department of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Joint Staff
2005–2008 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by Head of Operations Department of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Joint Staff
2008–2010 		Succeeded by
Himself
Preceded by
Himself
 Deputy Commander of the IRGC Operations
2010–2011 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Abdollah Araghi
 Commander of IRGC Sayyid Al-ShohadaDivision
2011–2012 		Succeeded by
Bahram Hosseini Motlagh
Preceded by Deputy Chairman Basij
2009–2018 		Succeeded by
Mohammad Hossein Sepehr
Preceded by Commander of Imam Hossein University
2018–2022 		Succeeded by
Na'man Gholami
Preceded by
?
 Deputy Deputy Coordinator of Commander-in-Chief of the IRGC
2019–present 		Incumbent
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