TEHRAN- Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution and the Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces, has awarded the “Fath Medal” to Major General Sayyid Abdolrahim Mousavi, the chief commander of the Army, and Major General Hossein Salami, the chief commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps [IRGC].

During a ceremony on Monday, the medal was awarded to the two senior commanders in recognition of their exceptional performance in increasing the defense and combat power and also the deterrence capabilities of the Armed Forces, according to the khamenei.ir.

The Fath Medal has been chosen as a symbol of successful operations carried out by the soldiers of Islam and the victors in these operations.

The medal features three palm leaves, the dome of the Khorramshahr Grand Mosque, as well as the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

On Saturday, the Leader also awarded the same medal to the IRGC in a show of approving the elite force.

“Today, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution gave the Corps a clear symbol of his satisfaction with all the endeavors of the Corps, awarding a Medal of Conquest to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps,” General Salami said.  

The Medal of Conquest is a symbol of victorious operations by the Iranian armed forces.

The medal consists of a ribbon colored in the Iranian flag’s colors, with the Islamic Republic’s emblem in the middle. The ribbon is attached by three palm leaves over the arch of the Grand Mosque of the city of Khorramshahr. The arch has the three colors of the Iranian flag, namely green, white and red, with the word of Fath, meaning “conquest”, engraved in the red part.