Mohsen Vezvaei

Background

Vezvaei was born in 1960 in Tehran. Before the Islamic Revolution he joined the same opposition groups as his father. His father was associated with Abol-Ghasem Kashani, was politically active and had always resisted the Pahlavi dynasty.

Career

He was also involved in street protests against the Shah of Iran, and later the in the 1978 Iranian hostage crisis. During the Iran-Iraq war he became one of the prominent commanders of the ary Guard Corps (IRGC). He was killed in Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas and was buried in Behesht-e Zahra, Tehran.

When a branch of Anjoman-e Eslami (Islamic Association of Students) was established at Sharif University, Vezvaei joined it and later became the head of opposition groups at the university.

He actively participated in anti-regime protests. He also participated in armed conflict and helped with the occupation of the Eshratabad and Jamshidieh garrisons.

This occupation caused the hostage crisis where 52 American diplomats were held hostage for 444 days. The following is a part of:

We also are familiar with the laws and diplomatic affairs

We know the safety of diplomats in foreign countries.

Furthermore, our Islamic laws recommend us to deal appropriately with guests, but unfortunately here was not an embassy, and these men were not diplomats. Maybe you do not believe but after six month of revolution we found that most of the plots were started from here...and it"s my question, if here is an embassy why have these complex systems of surveillance and intelligence been installed here and have they destroyed large amount of documents by shredders?

In 1979, with the establishment of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution, he joined this institution and was appointed commander of the Army Signal Corps and then supervisor of the Army Intelligence Unit.

When the began, he deployed to the front line, serving in the Bazi Deraz Mountains.

He also participated in operations like Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas and Operation Before the Dawn. He was wounded multiple times during the war.

Vezvaei was killed at the battle front in 1982 when he was aged 22. He once said: "If you found my corpse,throw it over mines..maybe at least my corpse helps Islamic government.".

Achievements

• He achieved third place in the Iranian University Entrance Exam and was admitted to Sharif University to study chemical engineering in 1976.

Membership

After the victory of the Islamic Revolution he was a member of Jahad-e Sazandegi and went to Lorestan Province to serve. Vezvaei and his companions captured 350 members of the Iraqi Commando Battalion with very few mentor