Abdol Ali Badrei

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Abdol Ali Badrei
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Born(1921-03-29)29 March 1921
Kermanshah
Died11 February 1979(1979-02-11) (aged 57)
Tehran
AllegianceIran
Service/branchImperial Guard
Imperial Ground Forces
Years of service1941–1979
RankLieutenant General
Commands heldChief of Imperial Guard (1976–1979)
Chief of the Imperial Ground Forces (1979)

Abdol Ali Badrei (29 March 1921 – 11 February 1979) was an Iranian lieutenant general and the last commander of the Imperial Iranian Army and the Imperial Guard. He was assassinated during the course of the regime change in Iran.

Early life and education[]

Badrei was born in Kermanshah on 29 March 1921.[1] He graduated from the military academy in Kermanshah and Tehran.[1]

Career[]

After graduation, Badrei joined the Imperial army as lieutenant in the Mounted Infantry.[1] His first mission was in 1946 to fight against rebels in Azerbaijan and Kurdistan Province.[1] Then he joined the imperial guards in 1946.[1] In 1967, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general and served as second in command in the guards.[1] In 1971, he became a major general and was appointed commander of the immortal guards in 1973.[1] In 1975, he was made lieutenant general and was appointed commander of the imperial guards in 1976.[1]

In February 1979 Badrei publicly stated that the army would not follow the orders of Prime Minister Shahpour Bakhtiar.[2] Instead of being reprimanded by the Shah due to these remarks, he was named commander of the ground forces on 10 January,[3] succeeding Gholam Ali Oveissi, who had resigned from office and left Iran.[4] Badrei formed a group to carry a military coup on 10 February, just before the Iranian revolution.[5] He served in the post of the Imperial Ground Forces commander until his death on 11 February.[5]

Death[]

Badrei was assassinated on 11 February 1979 outside army headquarters in Tehran.[6] He was leading the troops of the Imperial Ground Forces loyal to the Shah which were fighting against armed civilians who were the supporters of Ayatollah Khomeini when he was murdered.[7] Upon his assassination the Imperial army was easily disintegrated by the Islamic government.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Biography". Badrei website. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  2. ^ Mark J. Roberts (January 1996). "Khomenei's incorporation of the Iranian military" (McNair Paper 48). National Defense University. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  3. ^ Jean-Charles Brotons (2010). U.S. Officials and the Fall of the Shah: Some Safe Contraction Interpretations. Lexington Books. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-7391-3340-8.
  4. ^ "A chronology of the Iranian Revolution (1978-79)". Derkelier. August 2008. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  5. ^ a b Mohammad Sahimi (3 February 2010). "The Ten Days that Changed Iran". PBS. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  6. ^ Thomas C. Reed; Danny B. Stillman (2008). "Revisiting the Seventies The Third World Comes of Age" (PDF). IFQ. 51: 152.
  7. ^ a b Javier Gil Guerrero (2016). The Carter Administration and the Fall of Iran's Pahlavi Dynasty. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 184. doi:10.1057/9781137598738_10. ISBN 978-1-349-88805-4.

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Military offices
Preceded by Commander of the Imperial Iranian Ground Force
1979 		Succeeded byas Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Force
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