, birth_date=1931 , death_date= , birth_place= Kulej, Taleghan County,

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, death_place= Kahrizak District,

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Order of Nasr Order of Nasr ( fa, نشان نصر, meaning ''Divine Support'') is a military award of Iranian armed forces which is awarded by Commander-in-chief, Supreme Leader of Iran to recognize distinguished logistics contribution and support of the troops ...

Valiollah Fallahi fa, ولی الله فلاحی (1931 – 29 September 1981) was a military officer and prominent figure during the

Iran–Iraq War The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. It began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for almost eight years, until the acceptance of United Nations Security Counci ...

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 Seyyed Abolhassan Banisadr ( fa, سید ابوالحسن بنی‌صدر; 22 March 1933 – 9 October 2021) was an Iranian politician, writer, and political dissident. He was the first president of Iran after the 1979 Iranian Revolution abol ...

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

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), Colonel Sayyid

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(Defence Minister) and Commander Jahanara in a plane crash that was due to land in

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after take off from

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made a speech following the incident and made a reference to

Mujahedeen Khalq The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), also known as Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) or Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) ( fa, سازمان مجاهدين خلق ايران, sâzmân-e mojâhedīn-e khalq-e īrân), is an Iranian pol ...

as the perpetrator without clearly condemning the leftist group.

References

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