Abdol Ali Badrei

Abdol Ali Badrei (Persian: عبدالعلی بدره‌ای) (29 March 1921 – 11 February 1979) was an Iranian lieutenant general and the last commander of the Imperial Iranian Army and the Imperial Guard. He was one of the hardline senior military officers He graduated from the military academy in Kermanshah and Tehran. Instead of being reprimanded by the Shah due to these remarks, he was named commander of the ground forces on 10 January, succeeding Gholam Ali Oveissi, who had resigned from office and left Iran. Badrei formed a group to carry a military coup on 10 February, just before the Iranian revolution.

Death Badrei was assassinated on 11 February 1979 on the Sultanabad barracks which was the army headquarters in Tehran. He was leading the troops of the Imperial Ground Forces loyal to the Shah which were fighting against armed civilians who were the supporters of Ayatollah Khomeini when he was murdered. Scheherezade Faramarzi argued in 2019 that the killer of Badrei was a teenager who was not aware of his identity. Upon his assassination the Imperial army was easily disintegrated by the Islamic government.