Brigadier general Mohammad Jamali-Paqaleh ( fa, محمد جمالی پاقلعه) (1963–2013) was an Iranian commander in the
Revolutionary Guards who died in
Syrian civil war.
Biography
Jamali-Paqaleh was born in 1963 in Paqaleh in
Shahr-e Babak County,
Kerman Province. When he was two years old, his father died. He completed primary school in the village and then migrated to
Rafsanjan to continue his education.
Iran–Iraq War
Jamali-Paqaleh was a
veteran of the
Iran–Iraq War and was a member of the Sarallah division, the same division outfitted that had trained by General
Qassem Soleimani.
He had participated in several operations such as
Operation Tariq al-Qods
Operation Tariq al-Qods ( fa, عملیات طریق القدس, meaning "Path to Jerusalem, Qods") was a military operation launched by Iran during the Iran–Iraq War to free Bostan, Iran, Bostan in the Khuzestan province, Khuzestan province. It ...
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Fath ol-Mobin,
Beit ol-Moqaddas,
Ramadan
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Dawn 8, and
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Syrian Civil War
The Iranian news outlet
Mehr News Agency
The Mehr News Agency (MNA; ''Xabâr-gozâri Mehr''; "Mehr News Agency") is a semi-official news agency of the Iranian government. It is headquartered in Tehran, and is owned by the Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization (IIDO).
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reported that Jamali voluntary went to Syria to protect the
Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque
Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque ( ar, مَسْجِد ٱلسَّيِّدَة زَيْنَب, Masjid as-Sayyidah Zaynab) is a mosque located in the city of Sayyidah Zaynab, in the southern suburbs of Damascus, Syria. According to Twelver Shia Muslim tradition ...
and another holy shrine against
Assad-opposing forces in the
Syrian civil war.
Jamali-Paqaleh was reported to have been killed by Syrian rebels either in the final days of October or early November 2013.
He was buried on 5 November in
Kerman
Kerman ( fa, كرمان, Kermân ; also romanization of Persian, romanized as Kermun and Karmana), known in ancient times as the satrapy of Carmania, is the capital city of Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 821,394, in ...
with full military honors.
See also
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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, ...
*
Mohsen Ghitaslou
Mohsen Gheytaslou ( fa, محسن قیطاسلو; 1990 - April 11, 2016) was an Iranian Takavar and the first member of the 65th Airborne Special Forces Brigade
65th Airborne Special Forces Brigade ( fa, تیپ ۶۵ نیروهای ویژه هوا ...
*
Ali Reza Tavassoli
References
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1963 births
2013 deaths
People from Kerman province
Military personnel killed in the Syrian civil war
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel of the Syrian civil war
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps brigadier generals
Quds Force personnel