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363:Jafari is a brother-in-law of
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555:"Commander-in-chief of Sepah"
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1166:Intelligence Protection
365:Mohammad Bagher Zolqadr
307:Jafari fought with the
249:, the secretary of the
344:Sar-Allah Headquarters
394:On 2 September 2007,
118:Years of service
377:asymmetrical warfare
303:At the start of the
190:3rd grade Fath Medal
170:Western Iran clashes
292:Jafari was born in
267:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
201:Mohammad Ali Jafari
42:Mohammad Ali Jafari
18:Mohammed Ali Jafari
1222:(1980–81; 1983–86)
1078:Mobilization Force
754:Commander-in-Chief
656:Yahya Rahim Safavi
624:on 28 October 2014
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337:asymmetric warfare
232:Yahya Rahim Safavi
165:Iran–PJAK conflict
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1060:(1998–2020)
830:Forouzandeh
815:Joint Staff
761:Agha-Zamani
493:2 September
396:Radio Farda
353:Radio Farda
243:Radio Farda
213:Aziz Jafari
63:Aziz Jafari
60:Nickname(s)
1325:Categories
1043:Quds Force
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561:4 February
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427:References
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96:Allegiance
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65:Ali Jafari
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314:Susangerd
288:Biography
121:1981–2019
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1187:Ramezani
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1011:Ahmadian
952:Ghalibaf
848:Ahmadian
836:Zolghadr
585:Archived
581:BBC News
533:Archived
454:Archived
410:See also
136:Commands
106:Service/
1214:Lahouti
1087:Rahmani
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940:Dehghan
912:Pakpour
617:Ebtekar
591:24 June
486:Reuters
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205:Persian
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