Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam

Sardar Shahid

Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam
Sardar Shahid; Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam
Nickname(s)	Hassan Tehrani, Hassan Moghaddam
Born	29 October 1959; Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Died	12 November 2011 (aged 52); Bid Kaneh, Tehran Province, Iran
Allegiance	Revolutionary Guards
Rank	Brigadier general
Battles/wars	Iran–Iraq War

Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam (Persian: حسن طهرانی‌مقدم) (29 October 1959 – 12 November 2011) was an Iranian military officer in the IRGC Aerospace Forces and designer of Iran's ballistic missile project.^[1]^[2] He was the chief of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.^[3] He founded Iran's long-range missile program and sought the expertise and blueprint designs from North Korea in order to help develop Iran's missile technology. He designed the Shahab, Ghadr and Sejjil missiles with an operational range of more than 1,000–2,000 kilometres to target Israel.^[4] For these reasons he is regarded as the father of Iran's missile program.^[1]^[5]^[6] He was killed on 12 November 2011 in the Bid Kaneh explosion, at a military base belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 25 miles west of Iran's capital, Tehran.

^ ^a ^b Borger, Julian; Kamali Dehghan, Saeed (14 November 2011). "Iranian missile architect dies in blast. But was explosion a Mossad operation?". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
^ "Iran, again: No U.S. or Israeli mischief in explosion". Los Angeles Times. 16 November 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
^ "Iranian missile expert killed in explosion". The Guardian. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
^ Cite error: The named reference Zionist was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam Biography". www.hamshahrionline.ir. March 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
^ Cite error: The named reference Mosad book was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[guardian-1] Borger, Julian; Kamali Dehghan, Saeed (14 November 2011). "Iranian missile architect dies in blast. But was explosion a Mossad operation?". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 January 2015.

[latimes-2] "Iran, again: No U.S. or Israeli mischief in explosion". Los Angeles Times. 16 November 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

[expert-3] "Iranian missile expert killed in explosion". The Guardian. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2014.

[Zionist-4] Cite error: The named reference Zionist was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Hamshahrionline-5] "Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam Biography". www.hamshahrionline.ir. March 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2014.

[Mosad_book-6] Cite error: The named reference Mosad book was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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