Name Mohammad Jamali-Paqaleh | Died 2013 | |
Battles/wars Iran–Iraq WarSyrian civil war Service/branch Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution Battles and wars Iran–Iraq War, Syrian civil war | ||
Brigadier general Mohammad Jamali-Paqaleh (Persian: محمد جمالی پاقلعه) (1963 – 2013) was an Iranian commander in the Revolutionary Guards who died in Syrian Civil War.
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Biography
Jamali-Paqaleh was born in 1963 in Paqaleh in Shahr-e Babak County, Kerman Province. When he was two years old, his father died. He completed primary school in the village and then migrated to Rafsanjan to continue his education.
Iran-Iraq war
Jamali-Paqaleh was a veteran of the Iran–Iraq War and was a member of the Sarallah division, the same division outfitted that had trained by General Qassem Soleimani. He had participated in several operations such as Operation Tariq al-Qods, Fath ol-Mobin, Beit ol-Moqaddas, Ramadan, Dawn 8, and Karbala-5,4,1.
Syrian Civil War
The Iranian news outlet Mehr News Agency reported that Jamali voluntary went to Syria to protect the Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque and another holy shrine against Assad-opposing forces in the Syrian Civil War.
Jamali-Paqaleh was reported to have been killed by Syrian rebels either in the final days of October or early November 2013. He was buried on 5 November in Kerman with full military honors.