Career
He is a war hero and an icon of Iran-Iraq war. He also was one of the major commanders who fought against Arab separatists in 1979 Khuzestan uprising. He is considered by Iranians as the symbol of Iranian resistance (Persian: نماد ایستادگی ایران).
He and other commanders of Iran-Iraq war such as Valiollah Fallahi, Yousef Kolahdouz, Javad Fakouri, and Mousa Namjoo were killed in a plane incident when the Iranian Air Force Lockheed C-130 crashed, in the city of Kahrizak near Tehran.
He was born on 31 August 1954 in Khoramshahr, Khozestan. When he was 15 years old, started his political and religious activities with some of his friends in Khoramshahr Imam Sadegh masque.
In 1975 (after graduating from high school), he went to the Tabriz School of Business and continued his political activities. On that time combat with weapons was important and for this reason, he joined the militant "Mansoron" group.
Mohammad had vastly political activities in different cities such as Tehran, Kashan, Ghom, Yazd, and Isfahan.
In spring and summer of 1978, he was responsible for dispatching a group to Syria and Palestine for participated in a special militant training. Jahanara actively participated in the 1979 Revolution in his birthplace. After the victory of the Iranian Revolution and establishment of AGIR in 1980 and was selected as commander of Khoramshahr AGIR and established the Jihad of Construction (Persian:جهاد سازندگی) in Khoramshahr.
The was a major engagement between Iraq and Iran in the Iran-Iraq War.
The battle started from September 22 until November 10, 1980. Known for its brutality and violent conditions, the city came to be known by the Iranians as Khuninshahr, meaning "City of Blood".
The Pasdaran commander, Mohammed Jahanara, was one of the last few soldiers to leave Khorramshahr when it fell to the Iraqis. He would go on to fight in the Siege of Abadan and lead Iranian forces to liberate Khorramshahr.
He died before the city was liberated on May 24.
A popular song was later written in his commemoration, saying, "Mamad, you weren"t here to see that our city is liberated.".
