Hasan Aghareb Parast () (1946 – 1984) was an Iranian military officer in the Iranian Army Ground Forces. He was the deputy commander of the

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during the Iran-Iraq War and was killed in action in the war.

Biography

Hassan Aghareb Parast was born in

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in the religious family on 21 April 1946. His father was Mohammad Rahim. He married on 1971 and has four sons.

Education

Hassan spent his education in

and achieved high school diploma in 1964. Then he enrolled in exam of Officers' Academy and accepted on 1965. Hassan passed primary course in the Tehran and after that went to

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on 1968. He married on 1971 and on this year went to

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for educating

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course. Two years later went to

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and passed chemical warfare period. When returned to Iran, he established chemical and microbial warfare course in Iran for the first time.

In the Iranian Revolution

Hassan and

Yousef Kolahdouz Yousef Kolahdouz (December 22, 1946 – September 30, 1981; ) was an Iranian general during the Iran-Iraq War. He is also counted as one of the founders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He became deputy commander of what was then known a ...

had revolutionary activities against

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in the Army. They received statements and cassette of

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and then dispersed between military forces.

In the Iran-Iraq war

When the Iran-Iraq War started, he went to the 92nd Armored Division in Khorramshar and was deputy commander of the division. Also, he was a candidate for commander of joint staff and

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Death

On 17 October 1984, he along with other commanders were killed on

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by a

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Bibliography

* ''Until the life of love: The biography of military rank martyr Hasan Aghareb Parast'' Cultural unit of Martyr Foundation (1996)

References

External links

Hassan Aghareb Parast official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Parast, Hasan Aghareb 1946 births 1984 deaths Iranian revolutionaries Military personnel from Isfahan Islamic Republic of Iran Army personnel of the Iran–Iraq War Islamic Republic of Iran Army colonels Iranian military personnel killed in the Iran–Iraq War