Esmaeil Kousari


Esmaeil Kowsari
Kousari in 2018
Native name
اسماعیل کوثری
AllegianceIslamic Republic of Iran
BranchIslamic Revolutionary Guards
Service years1980–2008; 2017–2021
RankBrigadier general
UnitSarallah Headquarters
Commands27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division
ConflictsIran–Iraq War
Member of the Parliament of Iran
Assumed office
27 July 2021
ConstituencyTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
In office
28 May 2008 – 28 May 2016
ConstituencyTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Personal details
BornMohammad Kowsari
c. 1955 (age 70–71)
PartyFront of Islamic Revolution Stability
Other political
affiliations
Alma materImam Hussein University
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "restingplace". Replace with "resting_place".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "otherparty". Replace with "other_party".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "nationality". It should be removed.

Mohammad-Esmaeil Kowsari (Persian: محمداسماعیل کوثری, born 3 March 1955) is an Iranian military officer and principlist politician who was the deputy chief of Tharallah Headquarters, an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps unit responsible for maintaining security in Tehran.

Kowsari is currently a member of the Parliament of Iran representing Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr since 2021. He was also a member of Iranian Parliament from 2008 to 2016.

As of 2014, he was the head of the Iranian parliament's committee on defense and national security. He was also a special commission for examining the JCPOA member.