Amir-Bahman Bagheri ( fa, امیربهمن باقری) was an Iranian

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. Having previously served as the deputy commander of air defense unit in early 1979, he commanded the

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from August 1979 to July 1980. In 1980, he was briefly arrested and removed from the office. Bagheri was arrested again in February 1981 on charges of "

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" with the Americans in the

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. In July 1985, he was sentenced to

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