Shapour Azarbarzin
Shapour Azarbarzin (Persian: شاپور آذربرزین) was an Iranian fighter pilot.
Shapour Azarbarzin | |
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| Birth name | Abdollah Azarbarzin |
| Born | March 1930 Khorram Abad, Persia |
| Died | November 2015 California, United States |
| Allegiance | Iran |
| Service/ | Air Force |
| Rank | Lieutenant general[1] |
The deputy commander to Amir Hossein Rabii before the Iranian Revolution, he was appointed as the commander of Air Force in c. 20 February 1979, and served in the capacity until the first week of March.[1] In April 1979, Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan imprisoned him, and later put him on house arrest. His imprisonment lasted for almost a year until he escaped by plane on an Iranian Airlines flight in late November 1980.[1]
References
- Nikola B. Schahgaldian, Gina Barkhordarian (March 1987), The Iranian Military Under the Islamic Republic (PDF), RAND, p. 111, ISBN 0-8330-0777-7, retrieved 15 January 2017
| Military offices | ||
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| Preceded by Saeid Mahdioun |
Commander of the Iranian Air Force 1979 |
Succeeded by Asghar Imanian |
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