Mostafa Chamran
Iranian physicist, politician and guerrilla fighter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mostafa Chamran Save'ei (Persian: مصطفی چمران ساوهای) (2 October 1932 – 21 June 1981) was an Iranian physicist, politician, commander and guerrilla fighter who served as the first defense minister of post-revolutionary Iran and a member of parliament as well as the commander of paramilitary volunteers in Iran–Iraq War, known as "Irregular Warfare Headquarters". He was killed during the Iran–Iraq War. In Iran, he is known as a martyr and a symbol of an ideological and revolutionary Muslim who left academic careers and prestigious positions as a scientist and professor in the US, University of California, Berkeley and migrated in order to help the Islamic movements in Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt as a chief revolutionary guerilla, as well as in the Islamic revolution of Iran. He helped to found the Amal Movement in southern Lebanon.
Mostafa Chamran | |
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Native name | مصطفی چمران |
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Member of the Parliament of Iran | |
In office 28 May 1980 – 21 June 1981 | |
Constituency | Tehran, Rey and Shemiranat |
Majority | 1,100,842 (51.5%) |
Minister of National Defense | |
In office 30 September 1979 – 28 May 1980 | |
Prime Minister | Mehdi Bazargan |
Preceded by | Taghi Riahi |
Succeeded by | Javad Fakoori |
Deputy Prime Minister of Iran for Revolutionary Affairs | |
In office 29 April 1979 – 30 September 1979 | |
Prime Minister | Mehdi Bazargan |
Preceded by | Ebrahim Yazdi |
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Born | Mostafa Chamran Save'ei 2 October 1932 Tehran, Imperial State of Persia |
Died | 21 June 1981(1981-06-21) (aged 48) Dehlaviyeh, Iran |
Resting place | Behesht-e Zahra, Tehran |
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Political party | Freedom Movement of Iran |
Spouse(s) | Tamsen H. Parvaneh (1961– div. 1973) Ghadeh Jaber (1977–1981) |
Children | 4 |
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Profession | Scientist |
Nickname | Jamal[2] |