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Order of Fath

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Country
  
Iran

Status
  
Currently awarded

Type
  
Decoration

First awarded
  
September 27, 1989

Equivalent
  
Fath grade 1 Fath grade 2 Fath grade 3

Fath Medal (Persian: نشان فتح‎‎, meaning Victory Medal) is a military award of the Iranian armed forces which is awarded by Commander-in-chief, Supreme Leader of Iran. The medal is the likeness of three Palm leaves over Khorramshahr's grand mosque (as a symbol of resistance), Flag of Iran and the word "Fath".

Contents

The medals appear to be issued in three classes: the 1st class to senior commanders; the 2nd Class to Colonels and Brigadiers; and the 3rd Class to Lieutenant Colonels and below.

First recipients: 1989

The first Medals were awarded after Iran-Iraq war on September 27, 1989. the first 3 first grade medals went to:

  • Hossein Fahmideh, 13-year-old volunteer soldier of Basij (KIA)
  • Mohsen Rezaei, commander of Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution
  • Ali Sayyad Shirazi, commander of Islamic Republic of Iran Army

    • Alongside them, 21 people received 2nd degree and 29 people received 3rd degree medal.

    1990

    On February 4, 1990, a total of 210 men received the medal. Some of the recipients in the ceremony include:

    Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force

  • Abbas Babaei (KIA, 2nd grade)
  • Jalil Zandi (2nd grade)
  • Mansour Sattari (2nd grade)
  • Mohammad Daneshpour (2nd Grade)
  • Masoud Monfared-Niaki (KIA, 2nd grade)
  • Mostafa Ardestani (KIA, 2nd grade)

    • Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution

  • Ebrahim Hemmat (KIA, 2nd grade)
  • Mehdi Bakeri (KIA, 2nd grade)
  • Hossein Kharrazi (KIA, 2nd grade)
  • Ali Shamkhani (2nd grade)
  • Yahya Rahim Safavi (2nd grade)
  • Aziz Jafari (3rd grade)
  • Qasem Soleimani (3rd grade)
  • Ahmad Kazemi (3rd grade)

    • 2016

    Ali Fadavi, commander of Iranian Revolutionary Guards, 1st grade

    Other famous recipients

  • Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1st grade)
  • Hassan Rouhani (2nd grade)
  • Mohammad Pakpour (1st grade)

    • References

    Order of Fath Wikipedia
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