Valiollah Fallahi

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Valiollah Fallahi
Persian: ولی الله فلاحی
Brigadier General Valiollah Fallahi
Born1931
Kulej, Taleghan County, Imperial State of Persia
DiedSeptember 29, 1981(1981-09-29) (aged 49–50)
Kahrizak District, Iran
AllegianceIran
Service / branchGround Forces
Years of service1951–1981
RankBrigadier general
Unit92nd Armored Division
CommandsGround Forces
Joint Staff
Battles / wars
Awards Order of Nasr

Valiollah Fallahi (Persian: ولی‌الله فلاحی) (1931 – 29 September 1981) was an Iranian military officer and prominent figure during the Iran–Iraq War.

Career

Fallahi served as commander ground forces.[1] Until June 1980 he was the deputy commander of joint staff.[2] He was appointed by Abolhassan Bani Sadr as joint chief of staff in June 1980.[3][4]

Death

Main article: 1981 Iranian Air Force C-130 crash
Fallahi's grave

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 Revolutionary Guards), Colonel Sayyid Mousa Namjoo (Defence Minister) and Commander Jahanara in a plane crash that was due to land in Tehran after take off from Ahvaz.[5][6]

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini made a speech following the incident and made a reference to Mujahedeen Khalq as the perpetrator without clearly condemning the leftist group.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Iran's military closes its airspace over Qom". The Altus Times Democrat. 27 November 1979. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Iran-Iraq cease-fire proposed". Beaver County Times. 2 March 1981. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  3. ^ Dilip Hiro (4 July 2013). Iran Under the Ayatollahs. Routledge. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-135-04381-0. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  4. ^ Godsell, Geoffrey (22 June 1981). "Can Bani-Sadr fight back?". The CS Monitor. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Chronological Listing of Iranian Losses". Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  6. ^ Sepehr Zabir (25 February 2011). Iran Since the Revolution (RLE Iran A). Routledge. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-415-61069-8.
  7. ^ "Crash kills four top Iranian officers". The Daily Egyptian. Vol. 66, no. 29. Beirut. AP. 1 October 1981. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
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Military offices
Preceded byas Commander of the Imperial Iranian Ground Force Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces
1979–1980 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief-of-Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army
Acting
1980–1981