| Javad Fakoori | |||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 3 January 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Tabriz, Pahlavi Iran | ||||||||||||
| Death Place: | Kahrizak, Iran | ||||||||||||
| Allegiance: | Iran | ||||||||||||
| Branch: | Air Force | ||||||||||||
| Serviceyears: | 1958–1981 | ||||||||||||
| Rank: | Colonel Major General (posthumous) | ||||||||||||
| Commands: | 2nd Tactical Air Base 1st Tactical Air Base Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force | ||||||||||||
| Awards: | Order of Nasr | ||||||||||||
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Javad Fakouri (Persian: جواد فکوری; 3 January 1936 – 29 September 1981) was an Iranian prominent military figure who served as the 4th defence minister of Iran in September 1980 to August 1981.
Fakoori was a commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force at the rank of colonel. He entered the Iranian Air Force in 1958 as a fighter pilot of the F-100. He later qualified on the F-4 fighter-bomber in 1967. He commanded a flight, squadron, wing and group of F-4 aircraft during the Pahlavi regime. In 1978, he was promoted to colonel and stationed in Tehran as a staff officer. Despite the fact that one of his cousins was a leading member of the MEK and had sought asylum in Sweden in 1980, he had the confidence of Khomeini and Rafsanjani.[1] With the consent of Khomeini, then-president Abolhassan Banisadr appointed him to this post in June 1980.[2] [3]
Fakoori was the commander of the Iranian Air Force during the Iran–Iraq War. He also served as the Iranian defence minister from spring 1981 to September 1981.[4] Fakoori replaced Mostafa Chamran as defence minister when the latter died in a plane crash accident during the Iran–Iraq war. Mohammad Salimi replaced Fakoori as defence minister in 1981.[4]
See main article: 1981 Iranian Air Force C-130 crash. Fakoori and other senior military officials, including Valiollah Fallahi and Mousa Namjoo, were killed in a crash near Tehran on 29 September 1981.[4] Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini made a speech following the incident in which he implied the Mujahedeen Khalq as the perpetrator without clearly condemning the leftist group.[5]
Fakoori was posthumously promoted to the rank of major general.