Ali Sayad Shirazi


Ali Sayyad Shirazi
Born(1944-06-13)13 June 1944
Kaboudgonbad, Khorasan, Imperial State of Iran
Died10 April 1999(1999-04-10) (aged 54)
Tehran, Iran
AllegianceIran
Service/branchArmy (1964–1989)
General Staff (1989–1999)
Years of service1964–1999
RankMajor General[1]
Lieutenant general (posthumously)
Commands heldGround Force
Battles/wars
Awards Order of Fath (two 1st Classes)[2]

Ali Sayyad Shirazi (Persian: علی صیاد شیرازی, 13 June 1944[3][4] – 10 April 1999) was an Iranian military officer. He served as commander of the Iranian Ground Forces during the Iran–Iraq War and was a key military figure during the war. He was assassinated by Mojahedin-e Khalq[5] in 1999 while serving as the deputy chief of the Iranian Armed Forces General Staff.

  1. ^ Ali Chenar (2 April 2010), "Exploiting Martyrs for Propaganda", Tehran Bureau, PBS, retrieved 5 October 2017
  2. ^ Poursafa, Mahdi (20 January 2014). گزارش فارس از تاریخچه نشان‌های نظامی ایران، از «اقدس» تا «فتح»؛ مدال‌هایی که بر سینه سرداران ایرانی نشسته است [From "Aghdas" to "Fath": Medals resting on the chest of Iranian Serdars]. Fars News (in Persian). Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  3. ^ زندگینامه شهید صیاد شیرازی (in Persian)
  4. ^ روایت تصویری زندگی «امیر سپهبد شهید علی صیاد شیرازی» (in Persian)
  5. ^ "Iranian General Is Assassinated in Teheran". The New York Times. The Reuters. 11 April 1999. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.

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