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1979 Kurdish Rebellion In Iran
The 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran is an event which erupted in mid-March 1979, two months after the completion of the Iranian Revolution. It subsequently became the largest among the Consolidation of the Iranian Revolution, nationwide uprisings in Iran against the new state and one of the most intense Kurdish separatism in Iran, Kurdish rebellions in modern Iran. Initially, Kurdish movements were trying to align with the new government of Iran, seeking to emphasize their Muslim identity and seek common ground with other Iranians. The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, KDPI even briefly branded itself as a ''Kurdish separatism in Iran, non-separatist'' organization, allegedly criticizing those calling for independence, but nevertheless calling for political autonomy.Denise, N. ''The Kurds And the State: Evolving National Identity in Iraq, Turkey, And Iran'': p.144–45. 2005. Syracuse University Press. "Free to discuss its political views, the KDPI came out of thirty years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consolidation Of The Iranian Revolution
The consolidation of the Iranian Revolution refers to a turbulent process of Islamic Republic stabilization, following the completion of the Islamic revolution. After the Shah of Iran and his regime were overthrown by Islamic revolutionaries in February 1979, Iran was in a "revolutionary crisis mode" from this time until 1982 or 1983. Its economy and the apparatus of government collapsed. Military and security forces were in disarray. Following the events of the Islamic revolution, Marxist guerrillas and federalist parties revolted in some regions comprising Khuzistan, Kurdistan, and Gonbad-e Qabus, which resulted in fighting between them and the Islamic forces. These revolts began in April 1979 and lasted for several months to more than a year, depending on the region. Recently published documents show that United States was afraid of those revolts. National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski discussed with his staff about a possible American invasion of Iran by using Turkish b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad-Javad Bahonar
Mohammad-Javad Bahonar ( fa, محمدجواد باهنر, 5 September 1933 – 30 August 1981) was a Shia Iranian theologian and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Iran for less than one month in August 1981. Bahonar and other members of Mohammad-Ali Rajai's government were assassinated by Mujahideen-e Khalq. Early life Mohammad Javad Bahonar was born on 3 September 1933 in Kerman, Iran. His father was a simple tradesman and had a little shop in the city of Kerman. He was the second child of nine, and his family was very poor. As a child, he was taught the Quran at the local Makk-tab-Khaneh (parochial school attended by the students very often at the house of local mullah before national school system was put in place) also learning to read and write Persian. Guided by the Ayatollah Haghighi, he studied at the Masoumieh seminary. At the same time he could obtain the degree of fifth of ancient school. Education Bahonar passed his primary school at Masoumieh Scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hossein Hamadani
Hossein Hamedani, also spelled Hamedani ( fa, حسین همدانی; December 15, 1950 – October 7, 2015), was an Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander. He was posthumously promoted to a Major General. Biography Hamadani was born in Abadan, Iran. His parents were originally from Hamadan. Hamadani first rose to prominence during the 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran and the Iran–Iraq War, where he helped suppress the Communist rebellion in Iranian Kurdistan. Mohammad Ali Jafari appointed him as Deputy Commander of the IRGC in 2005, and together they planned how to deal with any attempted "velvet revolution" in Iran. Hamadani subsequently helped to suppress the 2009 election protests in Iran. He had been head of the IRGC's Rassoulollah Corps in charge of Greater Tehran from November 2009 until January 2014, and had been subject to international sanctions since 14 April 2011. Hamadani had written three books: * ''Moonlight of Khayyen'' ()), narrating the Iranian Revolution, con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mostafa Chamran
Mostafa Chamran Save'ei ( fa, مصطفی چمران ساوهای) (2 October 1932 – 21 June 1981) was an Iranian physicist, politician, commander and guerrilla fighter who served as the first defense minister of post-revolutionary Iran and a member of parliament as well as the commander of paramilitary volunteers in Iran–Iraq War, known as "Irregular Warfare Headquarters". He was killed during the Iran–Iraq War. In Iran, he is known as a martyr and a symbol of an ideological and revolutionary Muslim who left academic careers and prestigious positions as a scientist and professor in the US, University of California, Berkeley and migrated in order to help the Islamic movements in Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt as a chief revolutionary guerilla, as well as in the Islamic revolution of Iran. He helped to found the Amal Movement in southern Lebanon. Early life and education Chamran was born into a religious family on 2 October 1932 in Tehran. He received religious education f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohsen Rezaee
Mohsen Rezaee ( fa, محسن رضایی, born Sabzevar Rezaee Mirgha'ed ( fa, سبزوار رضایی میرقائد) on 1 September 1954) is an Iranian conservative politician affiliated with the Resistance Front of Islamic Iran and senior military officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, who currently holds office as the Vice President of Iran for Economic Affairs, member of the Expediency Discernment Council, secretary of the , as well as the secretary of the Iranian government's Economic Committee. He was secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council from 1997 to 2021. From 1980 to 1997, Rezaee was commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Before the Iranian Revolution, Rezaee was a member of the Islamist guerilla rebel group ''Mansouroun'' and joined the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization following the revolution. Dubbed a "perennial candidate", Rezaee ran as a conservative presidential candidate in the 2009 elections, coming thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Sayad Shirazi
Ali Sayyad Shirazi ( fa, علی صیاد شیرازی, June 1944 – 10 April 1999) was an Iranian regular military (''Artesh'') officer. He served as commander of the Ground Force during Iran–Iraq War. He was assassinated by Mojahedin-e Khalq in 1999 while serving as the deputy chief of the Iranian Armed Forces General Staff. Early life Shirazi was born in Dargaz, Kabud Gonbad Rural District, Iran in June 1944. He was of Afshar descent, his ancestors being from Isthabanat and Neyriz in Fars Province. His grandfather, setting out to Khorasan, settled in Dargaz. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to Mashhad, where they lived for 2 years and later moved to the region of Mazandaran, living in the cities of Gorgan, Amol and Gonbad Kavous. He graduated from Amirkabir High School in Tehran. His father being a non-commissioned officer in the Army motivated him to join and in 1964 he joined as a cadet. Career Shirazi was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Artille ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qasem-Ali Zahirnejad
, honorific_prefix= Timsar , image = Qasem-Ali Zahirnejad.jpg , caption = Qasem-Ali Zahirnejad , birth_date = 1924 , death_date = , placeofburial_label = , placeofburial = , birth_place = Ardabil, Iran , death_place = Tehran, Iran , placeofburial_coordinates = , nickname = , allegiance = Iran , branch = Ground Force , serviceyears = 1944–1976; 1979–1989 , rank = Major general , unit = , commands = 64th Infantry DivisionGendarmerieGround ForceJoint Staff , battles = Kurdish rebellionIran–Iraq War , awards = Order of Nasr , relations = , laterwork = Qasem-Ali Zahir Nejad fa, قاسمعلی زاهرنژاد (1924 – 13 October 1999) was a major general in the Army of Iran after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Zahirnejad began studies in the Military University (Imam Ali) in 1951. He retired from the army in 1976 as a colonel. After the 1979 revolution he returned to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valiollah Fallahi
, birth_date=1931 , death_date= , birth_place= Kulej, Taleghan County, Iran , death_place=Kahrizak District, Iran , image=Chief of Staff General Valiollah Fallahi.JPG , caption= Brigadier General Valiollah Fallahi , nickname= , allegiance= Iran , branch= Ground Force , serviceyears=1951–1981 , rank = Brigadier general , commands= Ground ForceJoint Staff , unit= 92nd Armored Division , battles= , laterwork= , awards= Order of Nasr Valiollah Fallahi fa, ولی الله فلاحی (1931 – 29 September 1981) was a military officer and prominent figure during the Iran–Iraq War. Career Fallahi served as commander ground forces. Until June 1980 he was the deputy commander of joint staff. He was appointed by Abolhassan Bani Sadr as joint chief of staff in June 1980. Death 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), Colone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad-Hadi Shadmehr
Mohammad-Hadi Shadmehr ( fa, محمدهادی شادمهر) was an Iranian military officer who served as the Chief-of-Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army from February 1980 until 17 June 1980. Shadmehr was appointed by then- commander-in-chief of Iran Abolhassan Banisadr and was sacked due to "failure to stop the American incursion" in Operation Eagle Claw Operation Eagle Claw, known as Operation Tabas ( fa, عملیات طبس) in Iran, was a failed operation by the United States Armed Forces ordered by U.S. President Jimmy Carter to attempt the rescue of 52 embassy staff held captive at the .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Shadmehr, Mohhamad-Hadi 2008 deaths Islamic Republic of Iran Army major generals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad-Hossein Shaker
Mohammad-Hossein Shaker ( fa, محمدحسین شاکر) is an Iranian retired military officer who served as the Chief-of-Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army , founded = , current_form = ( Islamic Republic) , disbanded = , branches = , headquarters = Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters, Tehran , website = , commander-in-chief = Maj. Gen ... from July 1979 until September 1979. References Living people Islamic Republic of Iran Army major generals Non-U.S. alumni of the Command and General Staff College Year of birth missing (living people) {{iran-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasser Farbod
Nasser Farbod ( fa, ناصر فربد; 27 April 1922 – 26 April 2019)https://www.asriran.com/fa/news/664795/دومین-رییس-ستاد-ارتش-پس-از-پیروزی-انقلاب-درگذشت was an Iranian political activist and military officer who served as the Chief-of-Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army , founded = , current_form = ( Islamic Republic) , disbanded = , branches = , headquarters = Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters, Tehran , website = , commander-in-chief = Maj. Gen ... from 27 March 1979 until his resignation on 12 July 1979. He was a member of the National Front. References 1922 births 2019 deaths Islamic Republic of Iran Army major generals National Front (Iran) politicians Iran Party politicians Non-U.S. alumni of the Command and General Staff College Recipients of the Nishan-e-Quaid-i-Azam Members of the Association for Defense of Freedom and the Soverei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad-Vali Gharani
Mohammad-Vali Gharani ( fa, محمدولی قرنی) (1913–23 April 1979) was an Iranian military officer. He was born in Tehran in 1913. He graduated from the Officers' Academy and the War College. In 1950 he joined the Imperial Army and was promoted to the rank of colonel. Then he was appointed to Rasht as a garrison commander. By August 1953, Gharani was commander of the Rasht Brigade and loyal to the Shah. He met with Ardeshir Zahedi and helped 1953 Iranian coup d'état. Following the coup, he was promoted to vice Chief-of-Staff. In 1957, when SAVAK was established, he reportedly was a candidate to take office as head of the newly established secret service. Gharani however had become increasingly critical of regime due to 'endemic corruption' over the past years, unbeknownst to the authorities. He planned a coup d'état against the regime which was exposed, leading to dishonorable discharge in 1958. He was imprisoned twice in 1958 and 1963. Gharani served as the first Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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