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Valiollah Fallahi | |
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 General Fallahi on the left c. 1981 | |
| Native name | ولیالله فلاحی |
| Born | April 30, 1931 |
| Died | September 29, 1981 (aged 50) |
| Allegiance |  Pahlavi Iran (1951–1979) Iran (1979–1981) |
Branch |  Imperial Iranian Ground Force Islamic Republic of Iran Ground Forces |
Service years | 1951–1981 |
Rank |  Brigadier General |
| Unit | 92nd Armored Division |
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Conflicts | |
| Awards |  Order of Nasr |
Valiollah Fallahi (Persian: ولیالله فلاحی) (1931 – 29 September 1981) was an Iranian military officer and prominent figure during the Iran–Iraq War.
Early life
[edit]Valiollah Fallahi was born in 1931 in Village of Kulej, where he completed his primary education before attending the Nezam High School in Tehran.
Career
[edit]In October 1951, he entered the Officers' Academy, graduating as a Second Lieutenant in the armored branch. He began his military service in the 92nd Armored Division of Khuzestan.[1]
Due to his opposition to the Pahlavi government, Fallahi was imprisoned four times between 1951 and 1973. Despite this, his strategic intellect and high expertise made him an elite, highly respected officer within the Imperial Iranian Army, earning constant esteem from senior commanders. Holding the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, he served as a United Nations peace monitor for the Vietnam ceasefire from 1972 until mid-1974 alongside a group of Iranian officers. On October 4, 1978, after achieving the rank of Brigadier General, he was transferred to Shiraz to serve as the Deputy Commander of the Shiraz Infantry Center.[2]
Fallahi served as commander ground forces Following the victory of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.[3] Until June 1980 he was the deputy commander of joint staff.[4] He was appointed by Abolhassan Banisadr as joint chief of staff in June 1980.[5][6]
Death
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On 29 September 1981, he died along with several other top commanders, including General Javad Fakouri (Air Force Commander), General Yousef Kolahdouz (Acting Commander of the Revolutionary Guards), Colonel Sayyid Mousa Namjoo (Defence Minister) and Commander Jahanara in a plane crash that was due to land in Tehran after takeoff from Ahvaz.[7][8]
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini made a speech following the incident and made a reference to Mujahedeen Khalq as the perpetrator without clearly condemning the leftist group.[9]
References
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- . دانشنامه رشد http://khakriz.roshd.ir/Sardaran/View/tabid/137/ArticleId/147/.aspx.
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- . دانشنامه رشد http://khakriz.roshd.ir/Sardaran/View/tabid/137/ArticleId/147/.aspx.
- ↑
- ↑ "Iran's military closes its airspace over Qom". The Altus Times Democrat. 27 November 1979. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ↑ "Iran-Iraq cease-fire proposed". Beaver County Times. 2 March 1981. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ↑ Dilip Hiro (4 July 2013). Iran Under the Ayatollahs. Routledge. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-135-04381-0. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ↑ Godsell, Geoffrey (22 June 1981). "Can Bani-Sadr fight back?". The CS Monitor. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ↑ "Chronological Listing of Iranian Losses". Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ↑ Sepehr Zabir (25 February 2011). Iran Since the Revolution (RLE Iran A). Routledge. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-415-61069-8.
- ↑ "Crash kills four top Iranian officers". The Daily Egyptian. Vol. 66, no. 29. Beirut. AP. 1 October 1981. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
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- 1981 deaths
- 1931 births
- Islamic Republic of Iran Army personnel of the Iran–Iraq War
- Islamic Republic of Iran Army brigadier generals
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Iran
- Commanders of Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Force
- Imperial Iranian Army brigadier generals
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1981
- People from Taleqan