Aziz Nasirzadeh ( Persian : عزیز نصیرزاده ; born 1964) is an Iranian military officer and the Iranian Minister of Defense in Government of Masoud Pezeshkian since August 2024. He was Deputy of Chief of Staff for the Iranian Armed Forces from September 2021 to 2024, and the commander of the Iranian Air Force (IRIAF) from August 2018 to September 2021. A veteran of the Iran-Iraq War , he graduated as a certified F-14 pilot, but never saw any combat. Dara Nassari said that "Amir Nasirzadeh is in full health and continues to serve the honorable people of Iran."