Mohammad Jahanara
| Seyyed Mohammad Ali Jahan Ara | |
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| Native name | سید محمدعلی جهانآرا |
| Nickname(s) | Mohammad Jahanara |
| Born |
31 August 1954 Khorramshahr, Khuzestan, Iran |
| Died | 29 September 1981 (aged 27) Kahrizak, Tehran, Iran |
| Allegiance |
 Iran
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| Rank |
 Major General(Persian: سرلشکر) |
| Commands held |
 Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution
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| Battles/wars | |
Mohammad Ali Jahan Ara (Persian: محمدعلی جهانآرا) also known as Mohammad Jahanara (Persian: محمد جهانآرا) was an Iranian commander of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution and one of the main commanders in Battle of Khorramshahr in the Iran-Iraq War. 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. Jahanara's commanded Revolutionary Guards and Iranian Navy Commandos (Takavaran) defended Iranian port city of Khorramshahr but after weeks of street fighting the city captured by Iraqis. 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.
Jahanara was born on 31 August 1954 in Khoramshahr, Khozestan. He started his political and religious activities with some of his friends in Khoramshahr's Imam Sadegh mosque when he was 15 years old. In 1971, Jahanara and his brother joined the secret group of "Hezbollah", which was involved in a political campaign against the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in Khoramshahr. 2 years later, members of Hezbollah group was identified and arrested by SAVAK, and Jahanara was sentenced to one year in prison.
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