Farajollah Rasaei

Admiral Farajollah Rasai (Persian: فرج‌الله رسائی, 1908 – 2 December 2002) was the Commander of the Imperial Iranian Navy from 1961 to 1972 and the most senior naval commander of the Iranian Navy. He joined the Navy in 1929 and was trained at Naval Academy of Livorno. Under his command, the Iranian Navy took control over the Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs islands 30 November 1971 from the Emirate of Sharjah. After he retired in 1972, he was an Iranian Senator until the Islamic Revolution when he fled Iran and lived in the United States until his death in 2002.

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Farajollah Rasaei
Born1908 (1908)
Bandar Anzali, Sublime State of Persia
(present-day Iran)
Died2 December 2002(2002-12-02) (aged 94)
United States
AllegianceIran
Service/branchNavy
Years of service1929–1972
RankAdmiral
Commands held
Battles/warsSimko Shikak revolt
Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
Seizure of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs
Alma materDar ul-Funun
Accademia Navale
Other workSenator from Tehran (1972–1979)

Dates of rank
Ensign Sub-Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant Commander Commander
December 22, 1932 March 21, 1936 March 21, 1940 March 21, 1944 March 21, 1947
Captain Commodore Admiral Rear admiral Vice admiral Admiral
March 21, 1949 September 1954 September 1960 September 1963 June 1971

Decorations and awards
Order of Marksmanship (1968)
Order of the Coronation (1968)
Hilal-e-Quaid-i-Azam (1967)
Order of the Crown, 2nd Class (1966)
Légion d'honneur, Grand officier (1964)
Order of Homayoun, 2nd Class (1963)
Order of Service, 1st Class (1961)
Order of Resurgence, 2nd Class (1953)
Order of Paas, 3rd Class (1952)
Order of Honor, 2nd Class (1951)
Order of Service, 2nd Class (1960)
Order of Honor, 3rd Class (1945)
Order of Merit, 2nd Class (1945)
Order of Sepah, 3rd Class (1941)
Order of Merit, 3rd Class (1939)

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