Back علي صياد شيرازي Arabic على صياد شيرازى ARZ علی صیاد شیرازی AZB عەلی سەیاد شیرازی CKB Ali Sayyad Schirazi German Alí Sayyad Shirazí Spanish علی صیاد شیرازی Persian Ali Sayad Shirazi French Ali Sayad Shirazi ID Ali Sayad Shirazi Italian
Ali Sayyad Shirazi | |
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 Shirazi in his uniform pictured during the Iran-Iraq War | |
| Born | 13 June 1944 Kaboudgonbad, Khorasan, Imperial State of Iran |
| Died | 10 April 1999 (aged 54) Tehran, Iran |
| Cause of death | Assassination |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance |  Imperial State of Iran (1964–1979) Islamic Republic of Iran (1979–1999) |
| Branch | Iranian Army (1964–1989) General Staff (1989–1999) |
| Years of service | 1964–1999 |
| Rank | Major General[1] Lieutenant general (posthumously)[dubious – discuss] |
| Commands | Ground Force |
| Battles / wars | |
| Awards | .svg){kind=small} Order of Fath (two 1st Classes)[2] |
Ali Sayad Shirazi (Persian: علی صیاد شیرازی, 13 June 1944[3][4] – 10 April 1999) was an Iranian military officer. He served as commander of the Iranian Ground Forces during the Iran–Iraq War and was a key military figure during the war. He was assassinated by Mojahedin-e Khalq[5] in 1999 while serving as the deputy chief of the Iranian Armed Forces General Staff.
- ^ Ali Chenar (2 April 2010), "Exploiting Martyrs for Propaganda", Tehran Bureau, PBS, retrieved 5 October 2017
- ^ Poursafa, Mahdi (20 January 2014). گزارش فارس از تاریخچه نشانهای نظامی ایران، از «اقدس» تا «فتح»؛ مدالهایی که بر سینه سرداران ایرانی نشسته است [From "Aghdas" to "Fath": Medals resting on the chest of Iranian Serdars]. Fars News (in Persian). Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ^ زندگینامه شهید صیاد شیرازی (in Persian)
- ^ روایت تصویری زندگی «امیر سپهبد شهید علی صیاد شیرازی» (in Persian)
- ^ "Iranian General Is Assassinated in Teheran". The New York Times. The Reuters. 11 April 1999. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.