Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
Speaker of the Iranian Parliament and former IRGC brigadier general
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Profile
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is an Iranian politician born in 1961 who has served as Speaker of the Parliament of Iran since 2020. He previously held the rank of brigadier general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. As of April 2026, he has been reported to be handling Iran’s strategic affairs.
Why they matter
As a senior IRGC figure now managing Iran’s parliamentary agenda and strategic matters, Ghalibaf represents the intersection of military doctrine and political authority in a state that has actively developed drone and autonomous weapons capabilities for both domestic use and proxy conflicts.
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