User:Saeegh/Mahdi Alam-alhoda

hossein Alam-alhoda
commander of IRGC of Hoveyzeh
Personal details
Born	1958 Tehran, Iran
Died	1980 Khuzestan Province,Hoveyzeh, Iran
Resting place	Khuzestan Province,Hoveyzeh
Military service
Allegiance	Islamic Republic of Iran
Branch/service	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Rank	Major General
Battles/wars	Imposed War

hossein Alam-alhoda was born in ahvaz in 1958.he studied history in Ferdowsi University of Mashhad.he played an important role in victory of islamic Revolution specially in ahvaz. in iran iraq war he was the commander of irgc of Hoveyzeh and finally was killed in Operation Nasr.he was buried in cemetery of Hoveyzeh.

early life

hossein Alam-alhoda was born in 1958 in ahvaz.he was grown in a religious family.his father was Ayatollah morteza Alam-alhoda who had a great influence on Alam-alhoda beliefs and attitudes. Alam-alhoda started to learn koran when he was just 6 years old and he was able to teach at age 11.He joined the opposition movement against the Shah when he was just a high school student.he was arrested by savak for the first time at age 16 and was Tortured too much.in 1977 he was admitted by Ferdowsi University of Mashhad in history which was his favorite field.

before Revolution

when he was a university student in mashhad he could attend Ali Khamenei and Ayatollah hasheminejad preaching meetings in KERAMAT mosque.along with tense of universities he came back home .in ahvaz Alam-alhoda and his companions distributed Ruhollah Khomeinis flyers.they finally decided to start Armed actions against Shah regime.they formed MOVAHHEDIN organization.they could assassinate POUL GRIM (American advisers and representatives of the consortium and Senior Manager of operation and production of south region oil) , lieutenant general JAFARIAN (the head of army forces in Khuzestan Province) and also GHOLAMHOSSEIN DANESHI (MP of Abadan, Iran).

After Revolution

In the first days of the islamic Revolution ,ahvaz police station was captured by Alam-alhoda and his companions.they also could capture a garrison in ahvaz and arrest many of regimes military commanders. after the victory of islamic Revolution ,Alam-alhoda decided to dissolve the MOVAHHEDIN organization.he believed that all the independent groups should be dissolved and be mixed with people.

he was a member of council constituting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Khuzestan Province.he focused on the cultural parts in IRGC and tried to teach koran and Nahj al-Balagha to militaries.He wanted to strengthen the Iranian Revolutionary Guards religious perspective.

death

In Operation Nasr,Alam-alhoda who was the commander of Hoveyzehs IRGC and his companion,because of Abolhassan Banisadr betrayal,were besieged by iraqi tanks.although they could destroy several tanks but finally all of them were being killed.Iraqi tanks crossed the dead bodies, so that no trace of them remained.16 month later iranian forces could regain this region.then they tried to find the body of Alam-alhoda.but it was really hard after 16 month.

finally they could recognize his body by koran he had in his pocket.he was buried exactly where he had been killed.

Alam-alhoda bibliography

• SAFARE SORKH (red journey)
• 14 SARDAR (14 commander)
• SE RAVAYET AZ YEK MARD (three story of one man)
• LAHZEHAYE ASHNA (Familiar moment)
• SIBE SORKHI KE BE MAN DADI (the red apple you gave me)
• HAMASEYE Hoveyzeh

See also

• Iran–Iraq War
• List of Iranian commanders in the Iran–Iraq War

References

Category:Iranian military personnel of the Iran–Iraq War Category:Iranian military personnel killed in action Category:Sharif University of Technology