1. Ahmad Kazemi was born on 22 July 1958 in Najaf Abad, Isfahan.
11 Facts About Ahmad Kazemi
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Ahmad Kazemi's father, Eshghali, was a commander of Imperial Army of Iran but withdrew in 1974 before the beginning of the Iranian revolution.
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Ahmad Kazemi made his doctoral studies in the field of national defense.
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Ahmad Kazemi was appointed as Commander of Ground Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on 1 June 2005 by the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
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Ahmad Kazemi was one of the military advisors to Presidents Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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Ahmad Kazemi was a close friend of Mehdi Bakeri and Hossein Kharrazi as well as Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani.
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Ahmad Kazemi was appointed as the commander of 14th Imam Hossein Division on 18 December 1997, and was appointed to the Air Forces of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution Commander on 29 June 2000.
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Ahmad Kazemi was in contact with the IRGC's missile unit and assisted Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam in developing ballistic missile projects.
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Ahmad Kazemi's eldest son, Mohammad Mehdi is a civil engineer.
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Ahmad Kazemi was killed when the Dassault Falcon 20 plane that was carrying him, alongside 10 other occupants, crashed near Urmia.
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Ahmad Kazemi's funeral was held in Tehran and Iranian Leader Ali Khamenei attended as well.