Mohammad Jafar Asadi

Brigadier General Mohammad Jafar Asadi is a senior IRGC officer serving as deputy commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters. He joined the IRGC in March 1980 and is a veteran of the Iran–Iraq War, during which he commanded the 33rd Al-Mahdi Division. He commanded IRGC Ground Forces from 2008 to 2009 and subsequently served as commander of Iran's advisory forces in Syria, where he acknowledged Iran's role in supporting the survival of Bashar al-Assad's government. He has made public statements regarding Iranian Jews and the conflict with Israel. Asadi is part of the core KCHQ leadership alongside Ebrahim Zolfaghari.