Mohammad-Hossein Malekzadegan
Mohammad-Hossein Malekzadegan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 September 1944 |
| Allegiance |  Pahlavi Iran (1960s–1979) Iran (1979–1989) |
Branch | .svg.png){kind=small} Imperial Iranian Navy (1960s–1979) Islamic Republic of Iran Navy (1979–1989) |
Service years | 1960s–1989 |
Rank |  Commodore[1] |
| Commands | Southern Fleet (1983–1985) |
Conflicts | |
Mohammad-Hossein Malekzadegan (Persian: محمدحسین ملکزادگان; 28 September 1944) is an Iranian retired military officer who served as the Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy from 27 June 1985 to 30 October 1989. As of 2016, he was a board member of Chabahar Free Trade-Industrial Zone.[2]
Malekzadegan ranked captain when he was appointed to the position on 27 June 1985, having previously served as the commander of the south fleet in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman since June 1983, and a deputy to the navy commander after 10 October 1980.[3] According to Pierre Razoux, his appointment "reinvigorated" Iran's regular naval forces that were in a rivalry with the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.[4]
Malekzadegan was in command during the Iranian Navy's second biggest one-day defeat: Operation Praying Mantis, the U.S. military's 18 April 1988 retaliation for the Iranian mining of the guided missile frigate Samuel B. Roberts.[5]
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References
- ↑ Steve Lohgr (20 April 1988), "Iran Attacks Tanker; 3 More Mines Destroyed in Gulf", The New York Times, p. 16, archived from the original on 25 May 2015, retrieved 4 June 2018
- ↑ "Chabahar Development Project Making Rapid Progress", Financial Tribune, 2 October 2016, archived from the original on 5 October 2016, retrieved 4 June 2018
- ↑ Nikola B. Schahgaldian, Gina Barkhordarian (March 1987), The Iranian Military Under the Islamic Republic (PDF), RAND, p. 114, ISBN 0-8330-0777-7, archived (PDF) from the original on 3 February 2017, retrieved 15 January 2017
- ↑ Razoux, Pierre (2015). The Iran-Iraq War. Harvard University Press. pp. 342–343. ISBN 9780674915718.
- ↑ "Iranians' Words of Praise for Their Forces". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-02-06.