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Javad Fakoori

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Javad Fakoori
جواد فکوری
Fakoori c. 1981
Minister of National Defense
In office
10 September 1980 – 17 August 1981
Prime MinisterMohammad-Ali Rajai
Preceded byMostafa Chamran
Succeeded byMousa Namjoo
Personal details
Born(1938-02-05)5 February 1938
Tabriz, Imperial State of Iran
Died29 September 1981(1981-09-29) (aged 43)
Kahrizak, Iran
Awards Order of Nasr
Military service
Allegiance Imperial State of Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran
Branch/serviceAir Force
Years of service1958–1981
RankColonel[1]
Major General (posthumous)
Commands2nd Tactical Air Base
1st Tactical Air Base
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
Battles/wars

Javad Fakoori (Persian: جواد فکوری; 5 February 1938[2] – 29 September 1981) was an Iranian military colonel who served as defense minister of Iran from September 1980 to August 1981.

Career

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Fakoori joined the Imperial Iranian Air Force in 1958 as a F-100 fighter pilot. He later led a squadron of F-4 aircraft. By 1978, he was promoted to colonel and stationed in Tehran as a staff officer.

After the Iranian Revolution, it was found out that one of Fakoori's cousins was a prominent member of the outlawed People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran, and had sought asylum in Sweden. Regardless, then-president Abolhassan Banisadr appointed Fakoori as the minister of national defense in 1980, with the reported consent of Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini.[3][4][5] He commanded the newly-formed Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force during the Iran–Iraq War.[6]

Death

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Main article: 1981 Iranian Air Force C-130 crash

Fakoori, alongside senior military officials Valiollah Fallahi and Mousa Namjoo, was killed in a aviation crash near Tehran on 29 September 1981.[6] Khomeini made a speech following the incident, in which he implied the People's Mojahedin Organization to be the perpetrators.[7]

Fakoori was posthumously promoted to the rank of major general.

References

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  1. ^ Nikola B. Schahgaldian, Gina Barkhordarian (March 1987), The Iranian Military Under the Islamic Republic (PDF), RAND, ISBN 0-8330-0777-7, retrieved 15 January 2017
  2. ^ "JAVAD FAKOURI". United States Department of Defense. 8 May 1962.
  3. ^ Ehteshami Anous (1995). After Khomeini: The Iranian Second Republic. Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-415-10879-9. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  4. ^ Dilip Hiro (1987). Iran Under the Ayatollahs. Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 156. ISBN 978-0-7102-1123-1. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  5. ^ "Iranian military chiefs reshuffled". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Associated Press. 19 June 1980. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  6. ^ a b Sepehr Zabir (23 April 2012). The Iranian Military in Revolution and War (RLE Iran D). CRC Press. p. 277. ISBN 978-1-136-81270-5. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  7. ^ "Crash kills four top Iranian officers". The Daily Egyptian. Vol. 66, no. 29. Beirut. Associated Press. 1 October 1981. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
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