Awards 2nd grade Fath Medal Name Mehdi Bakeri | Role Mechanical Engineer | |
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Commands held Najaf Ashraf Brigade (deputy)Ashyra Brigade31st Ashura Division Battles/wars Iran–Iraq WarOperation Fath ol-Mobin (WIA)Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas (WIA)Operation Ramadan (WIA)Operation Muslim ibn AqeelOperation DawnOperation Dawn 2Operation Dawn 3Operation Dawn 4Operation KheibarOperation Badr (KIA) Relations Hamid BakeriAhmad Bakeri Died March 16, 1985, Tigris, Iraq Spouse Safieh Modares (m. 1980–1985) Allegiance Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution Siblings Ali Bakeri, Hamid Bakeri, Zahra Bakeri Battles and wars | ||
mehdi bakeri
Mehdi Bakeri (born 1954 — died 16 March 1985) was an Iranian war hero in the Iran–Iraq War. He was graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tabriz. During the Iranian revolution of 1979 he joined the protesters. After the beginning of the Iran-Iraq war he joined to the Sepah. He was killed in a combat by Iraqi troops in eastern Iraq.
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Early life
Bakeri (1954 – 16 March 1985) was born in Miandoab, West Azerbaijan Province in a religious Iranian Azerbaijani family. He lost his mother when he was a child. His brother actively participated in opposition groups that opposed the Shah's regime and finally was killed by the regime. Bakeri might have entered these groups through his brother. After graduating from high school he was accepted by the University of Tabriz in Mechanical Engineering. When he entered the university, he continued his activities against the regime. Bakeri and his friends played an important role in holding protests against regime in Tabriz. According to classified documents, he was under surveillance of West Azerbaijan's SAVAK.
Career
After the victory of the Islamic Revolution and formation of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution, he joined this institution. Bakeri served as mayor for nine months and later as the public prosecutor of Urmia, West Azerbaijan.
His wedding party was the same day as the start of Iran-Iraq war. He left his family to join the Iranian forces in the battlefront just two days later. He was appointed as the commander of the 31st Ashura Division, and showed great courage and bravery in combat against the Iraqi forces.
Operations
Bakeri participated in several operations:
Death
In Operation Badr (1985), as most of the times, he was in the most dangerous region of the battlefront. He got killed by Iraqi troops in the north of Iraqi city of Al-Qurnah. The boat which was carrying his corpse, sunk in the river of Arvand Rud (Shatt al-Arab) after hitting by an Iraqi RPG. His body has never been found.
Memorial
He is highly revered as one of the greatest Iranian war heroes. Bakeri Expressway, in western Tehran, has been named after him. Tractor Stadium, in Tabriz, has also been renamed after him as "Tractor's Shahid Bakeri Stadium".