Abdolali Badrei

Abdol Ali Badrei (1 July 1919 – 11 February 1979)[1] was an Iranian lieutenant general and the last commander of the Imperial Iranian Army and the Imperial Guard.

Timsar Abdol Ali Badrei
Born	(1919-07-01)1 July 1919 Kermanshah
Died	11 February 1979(1979-02-11) (aged 59) Tehran
Allegiance	Iran
Service/branch	Imperial Guard Imperial Ground Forces
Years of service	1941–1979
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	Chief of Imperial Guard (1976–1979) Chief of the Imperial Ground Forces (1979)

Early life and education

Badrei was born in Kermanshah on 1 July 1919.[2] He graduated from the military academy in Kermanshah and Tehran.[2]

Career

After graduation, Badrei joined the Imperial army as Lieutenant in the Mounted Infantry.[2] His first mission was in 1946 to fight against rebels in Azerbaijan and Kurdistan.[2] Then he joined the imperial guards in 1946.[2] In 1967, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general and served as second in command in the guards.[2] In 1971, he became a major general and was appointed commander of the immortal guards in 1973.[2] In 1975, he was made lieutenant general and was appointed commander of the imperial guards in 1976.[2]

In February 1979 Badrei publicly stated that the army would not follow the orders of the then prime minister Shahpour Bakhtiar.[3] Instead of being reprimanded by the Shah due to these remarks, he was named commander of the ground forces on 10 January,[4] succeeding Gholam Ali Oveissi, who had resigned from office and left Iran.[5] Badrei formed a group to carry a military coup on 10 February, just before the Iranian revolution.[6] He served in the post of the Imperial Guards commander until his death on 11 February,[6] and the Guards was disbanded on 17 February.[7]

Death

Badrei was assassinated on 11 February 1979 outside army headquarters in Tehran.[8]

References

1. http://love-instead-of-religion.blogspot.com/2016/06/blog-post_5.html
2. "Biography". Badrei website. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
3. Roberts, Mark J. (January 1996). "Khomenei's incorporation of the Iranian military" (McNair Paper 48). National Defense University. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
4. Jean-Charles Brotons (2010). U.S. Officials and the Fall of the Shah: Some Safe Contraction Interpretations. Lexington Books. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-7391-3340-8.
5. "A chronology of the Iranian Revolution (1978-79)". Derkelier. August 2008. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
6. Sahimi, Mohammad (3 February 2010). "The Ten Days that Changed Iran". PBS. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
7. Roberts, Mark (January 1996). "Purge of the Monarchists". McNair Papers (47–48). Retrieved 29 August 2013.  – via Questia (subscription required)
8. Reed, Thomas C.; Danny B. Stillman (2008). "Revisiting the Seventies The Third World Comes of Age" (PDF). IFQ. 51: 152. Retrieved 31 July 2013.

Military offices
Preceded by Gholam Ali Oveissi	Commander of the Imperial Iranian Ground Force 1979	Succeeded by Valiollah Fallahi as Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Force