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Javad Fakoori
Javad Fakoori
Born	3 January 1936[citation needed]; Tabriz, Pahlavi Iran
Died	29 September 1981 (aged 45); Kahrizak, Iran
Allegiance	Iran
Service / branch	Air Force
Years of service	1958–1981
Rank	Colonel; Major General (posthumous)
Commands	2nd Tactical Air Base; 1st Tactical Air Base; Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
Battles / wars	Iran–Iraq War Operation Kaman 99; Attack on H3; Operation Scorch Sword; ;
Awards	Order of Nasr
Minister of National Defense
	In office; 10 September 1980 – 17 August 1981
Prime Minister	Mohammad-Ali Rajai
Preceded by	Mostafa Chamran
Succeeded by	Mousa Namjoo

Javad Fakouri (Persian: جواد فکوری; 3 January 1936^{[citation needed]} – 29 September 1981) was an Iranian prominent military figure who served as the 4th defence minister of Iran in September 1980 to August 1981.

Career

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.^[2] With the consent of Khomeini, then-president Abolhassan Banisadr appointed him to this post in June 1980.^[3]^[4]

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.^[5] 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.^[5]

Death

Fakoori and other senior military officials, including Valiollah Fallahi and Mousa Namjoo, were killed in a crash near Tehran on 29 September 1981.^[5] 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.^[6]

Fakoori was posthumously promoted to the rank of major general.

References

^ Nikola B. Schahgaldian, Gina Barkhordarian (March 1987), The Iranian Military Under the Islamic Republic (PDF), RAND, ISBN 0-8330-0777-7, retrieved 15 January 2017
^ Ehteshami Anous (1995). After Khomeini: The Iranian Second Republic. Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-415-10879-9. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
^ Dilip Hiro (1987). Iran Under the Ayatollahs. Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 156. ISBN 978-0-7102-1123-1. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
^ "Iranian military chiefs reshuffled". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Associated Press. 19 June 1980. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c Sepehr Zabir (23 April 2012). The Iranian Military in Revolution and War (RLE Iran D). CRC Press. p. 277. ISBN 978-1-136-81270-5. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
^ "Crash kills four top Iranian officers". The Daily Egyptian. Vol. 66, no. 29. Beirut. Associated Press. 1 October 1981. Retrieved 7 August 2021.

External links

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Military offices
Preceded by Amir-Bahman Bagheri	Commander of the Iranian Air Force 1980–1981	Succeeded by Mohammad-Hossein Moeinpour
Government offices
Preceded by Mostafa Chamran	Minister of Defense 1980–1981	Succeeded by Mousa Namjoo