Valiollah Fallahi

Valiollah Fallahi
Timsar; Valiollah Fallahi
	Brigadier General Valiollah Fallahi
Born	1931; Kulej, Taleghan County, Iran
Died	September 29, 1981 (aged 49–50); Kahrizak District, Iran
Allegiance	Iran
Service/branch	Ground Force
Years of service	1951–1981
Rank	Brigadier general
Unit	92nd Armored Division
Commands held	Ground Force; Joint Staff
Battles/wars	Vietnam War; 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran; 1979 Khuzestan insurgency; Iran–Iraq War (KIA); • Battle of Khorramshahr; • Operation Fath ol-Mobin; • Operation Tariq al-Qods; • Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh; • Liberation of Khorramshahr;
Awards	Order of Nasr

Valiollah Fallahi (1931 – 29 September 1981) was a 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

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), Brigadier General 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]

References

"Iran's military closes its airspace over Qom". The Altus Times Democrat. 27 November 1979. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
"Iran-Iraq cease-fire proposed". Beaver County Times. 2 March 1981. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
Dilip Hiro (4 July 2013). Iran Under the Ayatollahs. Routledge. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-135-04381-0. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
Godsell, Geoffrey (22 June 1981). "Can Bani-Sadr fight back?". The CS Monitor. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
"Chronological Listing of Iranian Losses". Archived from the original on 2013-07-25. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
Sepehr Zabir (25 February 2011). Iran Since the Revolution (RLE Iran A). Routledge. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-415-61069-8. Retrieved 24 August 2013.

Military offices
Preceded by Abdolali Badrei as Commander of the Imperial Iranian Ground Force	Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces 1979–1980	Succeeded by Qasem-Ali Zahirnejad
Preceded by Mohammad-Hadi Shadmehr	Chief-of-Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Acting 1980–1981	Succeeded by Qasem-Ali Zahirnejad

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[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.

[Hiro2013-3] 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 2013-07-25. Retrieved 2013-06-20.

[6] Sepehr Zabir (25 February 2011). Iran Since the Revolution (RLE Iran A). Routledge. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-415-61069-8. Retrieved 24 August 2013.