Mohammad Jamali-Paqaleh | |
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Native name | محمد جمالی پاقلعه |
Born | 1963 Paqaleh, Kerman, Iran |
Died | 2013 (aged 49–50) Damascus, Syria |
Buried | Kerman, Iran |
Allegiance | Iran |
Service/ | IRGC |
Rank | Brigadier general |
Unit |
41st Sarallah Division of Kerman Quds Force |
Battles/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. [1]
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. [2]
Jamali-Paqaleh was a veteran of the Iran–Iraq War [1] [3] and was a member of the Sarallah division, the same division outfitted that had trained by General Qassem Soleimani. [4] 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. [2]
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. [5] [3] [1]
Jamali-Paqaleh was reported to have been killed by Syrian rebels either in the final days of October or early November 2013. [1] He was buried on 5 November in Kerman with full military honors. [5] [6]