Mostafa Chamran

Mostafa Chamran
Native name	مصطفی چمران
Allegiance	Amal Movement Islamic Republic of Iran
Service/branch	Lebanese Resistance Regiments Irregular Warfare Headquarters
Years of service	1975–1979 1979–1981
Battles/wars	Lebanese Civil War 1979 Kurdish rebellion Iran–Iraq War †
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office 28 May 1980 – 21 June 1981
Constituency	Tehran, Rey and Shemiranat
Majority	1,100,842 (51.5%)
Minister of National Defense
In office 30 September 1979 – 28 May 1980
Prime Minister	Mehdi Bazargan
Preceded by	Taghi Riahi
Succeeded by	Javad Fakoori
Deputy Prime Minister of Iran for Revolutionary Affairs
In office 29 April 1979 – 30 September 1979
Prime Minister	Mehdi Bazargan
Preceded by	Ebrahim Yazdi
Personal details
Born	Mostafa Chamran Save'ei 2 October 1932 Tehran, Imperial State of Persia
Died	21 June 1981(1981-06-21) (aged 48) Dehlaviyeh, Iran
Resting place	Behesht-e Zahra, Tehran
Nationality	Iranian American (1960s-1981)[1]
Political party	Freedom Movement of Iran
Spouse(s)	Tamsen H. Parvaneh (1961– div. 1973) Ghadeh Jaber (1977–1981)
Children	4
Alma mater	University of Tehran (BS) Texas A&M University (MS) UC Berkeley (PhD)
Profession	Scientist
Nickname	Jamal[2]

Mostafa Chamran Save'ei (Persian: مصطفی چمران ساوه‌ای) (2 October 1932 – 21 June 1981) was an Iranian physicist, politician, commander and guerrilla fighter who served as the first defense minister of post-revolutionary Iran and a member of parliament as well as the commander of paramilitary volunteers in Iran–Iraq War, known as "Irregular Warfare Headquarters". He was killed during the Iran–Iraq War. In Iran, he is known as a martyr and a symbol of an ideological and revolutionary Muslim who left academic careers and prestigious positions as a scientist and professor in the US, University of California, Berkeley and migrated in order to help the Islamic movements in Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt as a chief revolutionary guerilla, as well as in the Islamic revolution of Iran. He helped to found the Amal Movement in southern Lebanon.