Valiollah Fallahi Explained

Honorific Prefix:Timsar
Valiollah Fallahi
Persian: ولی الله فلاحی
Birth Date:1931
Birth Place:Kulej, Taleghan County, Imperial State of Persia
Death Place:Kahrizak District, Iran
Allegiance:Iran
Branch:Ground Forces
Serviceyears:1951–1981
Rank:Brigadier general
Commands:Ground Forces
Joint Staff
Unit:92nd Armored Division
Battles:
Awards: 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

See main article: 1981 Iranian Air Force C-130 crash. 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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Iran's military closes its airspace over Qom. 24 August 2013. The Altus Times Democrat. 27 November 1979.
  2. News: Iran-Iraq cease-fire proposed. 24 August 2013. Beaver County Times. 2 March 1981.
  3. Book: Dilip Hiro. Iran Under the Ayatollahs. 24 August 2013. 4 July 2013. Routledge. 978-1-135-04381-0. 156.
  4. News: Godsell. Geoffrey. Can Bani-Sadr fight back?. 24 August 2013. The CS Monitor. 22 June 1981.
  5. Web site: Chronological Listing of Iranian Losses. 20 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130725050428/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Country-By-Country/Iran.htm . 25 July 2013. dead.
  6. Book: Sepehr Zabir. Iran Since the Revolution (RLE Iran A). 25 February 2011. Routledge. 978-0-415-61069-8. 194.
  7. News: Crash kills four top Iranian officers. 7 August 2021. The Daily Egyptian. AP. 1 October 1981. Beirut. 66. 29.