Mohammad-Hadi Shadmehr
Mohammad-Hadi Shadmehr | |
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 Shadmehr in 1980 | |
| Native name | محمدهادی شادمهر |
| Born | 17 May 1920 |
| Died | 11 December 2008 (aged 88) Tehran, Iran |
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| Allegiance |  Pahlavi Iran.svg.png){kind=small} Iran |
Branch | Imperial Iranian Army Islamic Republic of Iran Ground Forces |
Service years | 1940–1967 1979–1980 |
Rank |  Major General[1] |
| Commands | Chief of the Joint Staff (1979–1980) Deputy Chief of the Joint Staff (1979) 1st brigade of the Gorgan Army (1963–1967) |
Conflicts | 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran Operation Eagle Claw |
Mohammad-Hadi Shadmehr (Persian: محمدهادی شادمهر) was an Iranian military officer who served as the Chief-of-Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army from 22 December 1979 until 19 June 1980.[1] Shadmehr was appointed by then-commander-in-chief of Iran President Abolhassan Banisadr[1] and was sacked due to "failure to stop the American incursion" in Operation Eagle Claw.[2]
Early life and education
Shadmehr was born on May 17, 1920 in Tehran, to Yaghob-Ali Noor Mohammad (father) and Shahrbanoo (mother). He attended the Military High School, Military Academy, Post Academy Excellent College, War College, and Commander's College. In addition, he attended the University of Tehran School of Law.[3]
Military career
Commander of the Military High School. 3rd in command of the Military Academy. Commander of the 1st brigade of the Gorgan Army (1963). Retired from the Imperial Iranian Army (1967). Returned from retirement as Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army (1979). Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff (1980). Shadmehr resigned from military service on June 19, 1980, and subsequently was appointed as military advisor to President Abolhassan Banisadr.[4]
Opposition to revolutionary court rulings
During his tenure, Shadmehr openly challenged several summary executions of military officers ordered by Sadegh Khalkhali, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Court. Questioning the legal validity of the rulings, Shadmehr stated:
Since the Military Revolutionary Court must include judges from both the Army and the Ministry of Justice in addition to the Sharia judge, and because judges representing these two authorities were absent, the issued verdict is legally unenforceable.
Death
Shadmehr died of a heart attack on 11 December 2008 at Khatam al-Anbia Hospital in Tehran. His body was officially repatriated in a military funeral procession attended by contemporary Iranian military officials and veterans, starting from his residence on Palestine Street, and was buried in Behesht-e Zahra cemetery
References
- 1 2 3 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
- ↑ Ward, Steven R. (2014), Immortal, Updated Edition: A Military History of Iran and Its Armed Forces, Georgetown University Press, p. 238, ISBN 9781626160651
- ↑ "Interviewee: Shadmehr, Mohammad-Hadi - Iranian Oral History Project - CURIOSity Digital Collections Search Results". curiosity.lib.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ↑ "Adirondack Daily Enterprise 19 June 1980 — The NYS Historic Newspapers". nyshistoricnewspapers.org. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
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