Farajollah Rasaei

Admiral Farajollah Rasai (Persian: فرج‌الله رسائی‎, 1908 – 2 December 2002) was the Commander of the Imperial Iranian Navy from 1961 to 1972 and the most senior naval commander of the Iranian Navy. He joined the Navy in 1929 and was trained at Naval Academy of Livorno. Under his command, the Iranian Navy took control over the Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs islands 30 November 1971 from the Emirate of Sharjah. After he retired in 1972, he was an Iranian Senator until the Islamic Revolution when he fled Iran and lived in the United States until his death in 2002.

Timsar Farajollah Rasaei
Born	1908 Bandar Anzali, Iran
Died	2 December 2002 (aged 94) United States
Allegiance	Iran
Service/branch	Navy
Years of service	1929–1972
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	Imperial Iranian Navy Southern Fleet Khorramshahr Naval Base Shahbaz
Battles/wars	Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran Simko Shikak revolt Seizure of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs
Alma mater	Dar ul-Funun Accademia Navale
Other work	Senator from Tehran (1972–1979)

Dates of rank

Ensign	Sub-Lieutenant	Lieutenant	Lieutenant Commander	Commander
December 22, 1932	March 21, 1936	March 21, 1940	March 21, 1944	March 21, 1947

Captain	Commodore Admiral	Rear admiral	Vice admiral	Admiral
March 21, 1949	September 1954	September 1960	September 1963	June 1971

Decorations and awards

	Order of Marksmanship (1968)
	Order of the Coronation (1968)
	Hilal-e-Quaid-i-Azam (1967)
	Order of the Crown, 2nd Class (1966)
	Légion d'honneur, Grand officier (1964)
	Order of Homayoun, 2nd Class (1963)
	Order of Service, 1st Class (1961)
	Order of Resurgence, 2nd Class (1953)
	Order of Paas, 3rd Class (1952)
	Order of Honor, 2nd Class (1951)
	Order of Service, 2nd Class (1960)
	Order of Honor, 3rd Class (1945)
	Order of Merit, 2nd Class (1945)
	Order of Sepah, 3rd Class (1941)
	Order of Merit, 3rd Class (1939)

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