Farajollah Rasaei

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Timsar Farajollah Rasaei
Born	1908 (1908) Bandar Anzali, Iran
Died	2 December 2002(2002-12-02) (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)

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.