Mohammad Boroujerdi (, 1955 – 1983/05/22) was an Iranian

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commander during the

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. He played key roles in regaining control over the territories of

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by Iranian forces.

Early life

Boroujerdi was born in "Darreh Gorg" village of

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to Lur farmer parents. The name of the town was renamed after him then. The family inhabited in

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several years after the death of the father. He worked as a tailor and studied at nightly schools. Boroujerdi began to attend

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and theological courses at 14 years old. He married at 17.

Iranian Revolution

Boroujerdi came into connect with "Islamic Coalition Party" before

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and was participating in their clandestine political and religious study groups. Boroujerdi faced mandatory military service, however he deserted and fled to Iran–Iraq border to meet

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in Iraq. After capturing by SAVAK and confining for six months, he was forced to finish the military service. His mother narrates that she has seen them beating him during the imprisonment. A comrade, "Hemmat" related of his discord with PMOI members in prison, on him bound up with Fatwā. After the military service he restarted his political activities by contacting revolutionaries like Mahdi Iraqi; and replicating statements and

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s of Khomeini in his home for publicization. He believed in armed struggle against Pahlavis, so he left to

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in 1977 and contacted

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and Mohammad Montazeri. Boroujerdi improved his military and partisan skills at the camps of

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. He left Syria to

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and was acquainted with Mostafa Chamran. After the first major demonstrations to overthrow the Shah in January 1978, he led some guerrilla warfare against the monarchy in Iran.The commanders of Holy Defence
Information Center of Shahid Avini
His major activities at the time included: * The head of escorts of Khomeini in his return from

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,The Islamic Revolution Document Center
* Disarmament of the police headquarter in Tehran, * Participating in the building seizure of the National Iranian Radio and Television, * Exploding the bus of American counselor in Lavizan.

After the victory

Boroujerdi was responsible for

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for a short time. Afterwards, he joined AGIR with himself as one of the 12 founders.

Kurdistan

After the command of Imam Khomeini for suppressing the antirevolutionary rebellions at the dawn of the revolution, Boroujerdi went to Paveh. He helped breaking the siege of

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garrison occupied by

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guerrillas and federalist parties, including: KDPI, Fedai Guerrillas and Peykar. He put forward the establishment of the Muslim Peshmerga and served as its originator and commander. Boroujerdi was also the commander of AGIR in Kurdistan, and played important roles in regaining Sardasht, Baneh and Piranshahr from KDPI.

Iran–Iraq War

As one of the commanders, he averted the fall of "Sar Pol-e Zahab", engineered by

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's army in October 1980. Although Boroujerdi served mostly in the west of Iran, but he was also involved in some military campaigns in the south; including Operation Tarigh ol-Qods for regaining Bostan and Operation Fath-ol-Mobeen. After the partitioning of AGIR, he was appointed as the commander of its seventh zone; which included

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and Ilam provinces. He was also the deputy of "Hamzeh Seyedo-Shohaha" headquarter. His major protégés included: "Ahmad motavaselian", "Naser Kazemi" and "Mohammad Ebrahim Hemmat". Boroujerdi was killed (Martyr in Iran) by a land mine on

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road. His comrades have talked about his kindness, fair treatment of people, faith and stamina. He fathered two children.

External links

A short biography

A short biography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boroujerdi, Mohammad People from Borujerd 1955 births 1983 deaths Iranian military personnel killed in the Iran–Iraq War Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization politicians Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel of the Iran–Iraq War