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Mostafa Chamran (Mostafa Chamran Save'ei) was born on 2 October, 1932 in Tehran, Imperial State of Persia, is an Iranian physicist, politician and guerrilla fighter. Discover Mostafa Chamran's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 48 years old?

Popular As Mostafa Chamran Save'ei
Occupation N/A
Age 48 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 2 October 1932
Birthday 2 October
Birthplace Tehran, Imperial State of Persia
Date of death 21 June, 1981
Died Place Dehlaviyeh, Iran
Nationality Iran

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Who Is Mostafa Chamran's Wife?

His wife is Tamsen H. Parvaneh (1961– div. 1973) Ghadeh Jaber (1977–1981)

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Wife Tamsen H. Parvaneh (1961– div. 1973) Ghadeh Jaber (1977–1981)
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Children 4

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1932

Mostafa Chamran Save'ei (2 October 1932 – 21 June 1981) was an Iranian physicist, politician, commander and guerrilla fighter who served as the first defense minister of post-revolutionary Iran and a member of parliament as well as the commander of paramilitary volunteers in Iran–Iraq War, known as "Irregular Warfare Headquarters".

He was killed during the Iran–Iraq War.

In Iran, he is known as a martyr and a symbol of an ideological and revolutionary Muslim who left academic careers and prestigious positions as a scientist and professor in the US, University of California, Berkeley and migrated in order to help the Islamic movements in Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt as a chief revolutionary guerilla, as well as in the Islamic revolution of Iran.

He helped to found the Amal Movement in southern Lebanon.

Chamran was born into a religious family on 2 October 1932 in Tehran.

He received religious education from Ayatollah Taleqani and Morteza Motahari.

He studied at Alborz High School and then graduated from University of Tehran with a bachelor's degree in electromechanics.

1950

In the late 1950s, he moved to the United States for higher education, obtaining a M.S. degree from the Texas A&M University.

1960

In the book Self-construction and development he said he was hired as research staff scientist at Bell Laboratories and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the 1960s.

Chamran was one of the senior members of the Freedom Movement led by Mehdi Bazargan in the 1960s.

He was part of the radical external wing together with Ebrahim Yazdi, Sadegh Ghotbzadeh and Ali Shariati.

Following graduation, Chamran went to Cuba to receive military training.

1963

He then went on to obtain his PhD in electrical engineering and plasma physics in 1963 from the University of California, Berkeley.

In December 1963, he along with Ghotbzadeh and Yazdi left the US for Egypt where he was trained in guerilla warfare.

They met the Egyptian authorities to establish an anti-Shah organization in the country, which was later called SAMA, special organization for unity and action.

Chamran was chosen as its military head.

1965

Upon his return to the US in 1965 he founded a group, Red Shiism, in San Jose with the aim of training militants.

His brother, Mehdi, was also part of the group.

1968

In 1968, he founded another group, the Muslim Students' Association of America (MSA), and it was led by Ebrahim Yazdi.

The group managed to establish branches in the United Kingdom and France.

1971

In 1971 Chamran left the US for Lebanon and joined the camps of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Amal movement.

He became a leading and founding member of the Islamic revolutionary movement in the Middle East, organizing and training guerrillas and revolutionary forces in Algeria, Egypt, Syria.

During the civil war in Lebanon he actively cooperated with Musa Al Sadr, founder of the Amal movement.

Chamran also became an Amal member and "right-hand man of Sadr".

Chamran along with Sadegh Ghotbzadeh was part of the faction, called "Syrian mafia", in the court of Khomeini, and there was a feud between his group and the Libya-friendly group, led by Mohammad Montazeri.

With the Islamic Revolution taking place in Iran, Chamran returned to Iran.

1979

In 1979, he served as deputy prime minister in the cabinet of Mehdi Bazargan.

He led the military operations in Kurdistan where Kurds rebelled against the Interim Government of Iran.

He served as minister of defense from September 1979 to 1980, being the first civil defense minister of the Islamic Republic.

1980

In March 1980, he was elected to the Majlis of Iran (the Iranian Parliament) as a representative of Tehran.

In May 1980, he was named the Ayatollah's representative to the Supreme Council of National Defense.

Chamran was married to a woman from Lebanon, Ghadeh Jaber.

Chamran led an infantry unit during the Iran–Iraq War and received two wounds in his left leg by shrapnel from a mortar shell.

However, he refused to leave his unit.

1981

He was killed in Dehlavieh on 21 June 1981 as the war was raging on.

His death was regarded as "suspicious" and the related details have remained unclear.

Chamran was buried in the Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in Tehran.

Ayatullah Khomeini publicly proclaimed Chamran as a "proud commander of Islam."

Chamran was posthumously given a hero status, and many buildings and streets in Iran and Lebanon were named for him, as well as a major expressway.

2012

In 2012, Mohsen Alavi Pour published Chamran's biography.