Javad Fakoori, who was the Minister of Defense and was killed by a plane crash

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He commanded a flight, squadron, wing and group of F-4 aircraft during the Pahlavi regime. In 1978, he was promoted to colonel and stationed in capital as a staff officer. Despite the fact that one of his cousins was a leading member of the MEK and had sought asylum in Sweden in 1980, he had the confidence of Khomeini and Rafsanjani. With the consent of Khomeini, then-president Abolhassan Banisadr appointed him to this post in June 1980.

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