Esmaeil Kousari
Esmaeil Kowsari | |
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Kousari in 2018 | |
| Native name | اسماعیل کوثری |
| Allegiance | Islamic Republic of Iran |
| Branch | Islamic Revolutionary Guards |
| Service years | 1980–2008; 2017–2021 |
| Rank | Brigadier general |
| Unit | Sarallah Headquarters |
| Commands | 27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division |
| Conflicts | Iran–Iraq War |
| Member of the Parliament of Iran | |
| Assumed office 27 July 2021 | |
| Constituency | Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr |
| In office 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2016 | |
| Constituency | Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mohammad Kowsari c. 1955 (age 70–71) |
| Party | Front of Islamic Revolution Stability |
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| Alma mater | Imam Hussein University |
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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.