Valiollah Fallahi

Timsar

Valiollah Fallahi
Persian: ولی الله فلاحی
Timsar; Valiollah Fallahi; Persian: ولی الله فلاحی
	File:Chief of Staff General Valiollah Fallahi.JPG Brigadier General Valiollah Fallahi
Born	1931; Kulej, Taleghan County, Imperial State of Persia
Died	September 29, 1981 (aged 49–50); Kahrizak District, Iran
Allegiance	File:State flag of Iran (1964–1980).svg Imperial State of Iran; File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran
Branch	File:State flag of Iran (1964–1980).svg Imperial Iranian Ground Force; File:Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces.svg Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces
Service years	1951–1981
Rank	Brigadier general
Unit	92nd Armored Division
Commands	Ground Forces; Joint Staff
Conflicts	Vietnam War; 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran Battle of Paveh; ; 1979 Khuzestan insurgency; Iran–Iraq War First Battle of Khorramshahr; Operation Fath ol-Mobin; Operation Tariq al-Qods; Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh; Second Battle of Khorramshahr; ;
Awards	File:Order of Nasr Ribbon.svg 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

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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

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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

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Timsar Valiollah Fallahi Persian: ولی الله فلاحی
File:Chief of Staff General Valiollah Fallahi.JPG Brigadier General Valiollah Fallahi
Born	1931 Kulej, Taleghan County, Imperial State of Persia
Died	September 29, 1981(1981-09-29) (aged 49–50) Kahrizak District, Iran
Allegiance	File:State flag of Iran (1964–1980).svg Imperial State of Iran File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran
Branch	File:State flag of Iran (1964–1980).svg Imperial Iranian Ground Force File:Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces.svg Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces
Service years	1951–1981
Rank	Brigadier general
Unit	92nd Armored Division
Commands	Ground Forces Joint Staff
Conflicts	Vietnam War 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran Battle of Paveh 1979 Khuzestan insurgency Iran–Iraq War First Battle of Khorramshahr Operation Fath ol-Mobin Operation Tariq al-Qods Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh Second Battle of Khorramshahr
Awards	File:Order of Nasr Ribbon.svg Order of Nasr

Valiollah Fallahi

Career

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