Esmail Daghayeghi (Persian: اسماعیل دقایقی) (1954, Behbahan – 1987 in Shalamcheh) Iranian military commander in the Islamic Republic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) during the Iran-Iraq War and military figure of the war.

Esmail Daghayeghi
Nickname(s)Shahid (Martyr) Daghayeghi
Born1954
Behbahan, Khuzestan Province, Imperial State of Iran
Died18 January 1987
(age 32–33)
Shatt Al-Arab district, Basra Governorate, Ba'athist Iraq
AllegianceIran Islamic Republic of Iran
Service / branchRevolutionary Guards
Battles / wars
AwardsOrder of Fath
RelationsTayebeh Hamrahi (his wife)

Daghayeghi (Daqayeqi)[1][2][3][4] who is known as the founder of the Badr Division, was born into a religious family in 1954 in the city Behbabah, Khuzestan. After finishing his high-school education, he got a job at the conservatory of the National Oil Company.[5] When the Iran-Iraq War broke out, he joined the IRGC and fought in several battles and operations in the war.[5][6][7][8] Daghayeghi was fatally hit by a missile fired by an Iraqi fighter jet during the Siege of Basra while exploring Shalamcheh,[5] and ultimately died on 18 January 1987.[9][10][11][12]

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