Mohammad-Hadi Shadmehr

Timsar
Mohammad-Hadi Shadmehr
Allegiance Iran
Service/branch Imperial Iranian Army
Islamic Republic of Iran Army
Rank Major general[1]
Commands held Chief-of-Staff

Mohammad-Hadi Shadmehr (Persian: محمدهادی شادمهر) is an Iranian retired military officer who served as the Chief-of-Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army from February 1980 until 17 June 1980.[1] Shadmehr was appointed by then-commander-in-chief of Iran Abolhassan Banisadr[1] and was sacked due to "failure to stop the American incursion" in Operation Eagle Claw.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Nikola B. Schahgaldian, Gina Barkhordarian (March 1987), The Iranian Military Under the Islamic Republic (PDF), RAND, ISBN 0-8330-0777-7, retrieved 15 January 2017
  2. Ward, Steven R. (2014), Immortal, Updated Edition: A Military History of Iran and Its Armed Forces, Georgetown University Press, p. 238, ISBN 9781626160651
Military offices
Preceded by
Mohammad-Hossein Shaker
Chief-of-Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army
1980
Succeeded by
Valiollah Fallahi
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