1. Sepahbod Nader Mirza Jahanbani was an Iranian prince, general, distinguished fighter pilot of Imperial Iranian Air Force and the deputy chief of the IIAF under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran.
17 Facts About Nader Jahanbani
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Nader Jahanbani was the leader of the Golden Crown, the first national aerobatics display Iranian team.
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Nader Jahanbani is nicknamed the "blue eyed general of Iran".
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Nader Jahanbani's father, Amanullah Jahanbani, was a lieutenant general, who served in the Persian Cossack Brigade with Reza Shah Pahlavi.
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Nader Jahanbani was a Qajar prince, great-grandson of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar.
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Nader Jahanbani had one sister, Mehremonir and two brothers, Parviz, who was an officer in the Imperial Iranian Marines, and Khosrow, who married Shahnaz Pahlavi.
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Amanullah was imprisoned when Nader Jahanbani was 12, but after Reza Shah died, he was released and made a senator by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
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In 1951, Nader Jahanbani was selected to be sent to Furstenfeldbruck Air Base in Germany to attend the jet pilot training school to become a pilot for the first Iranian jet fighter aircraft, the F-84 Thunderjet, which was scheduled for delivery in 1955, along with 15 other pilots, including General Mohammad Amir Khatami, Lt.
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Nader Jahanbani played a crucial role in the Iranian air force during the 1960s and 1970s by helping to create an effective air force.
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Nader Jahanbani served as the deputy commander of the Air Force.
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Nader Jahanbani was general secretary of the National Sports Federation.
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Nader Jahanbani had two children from two wives, a son, Anushiravan, and a daughter, Golnar.
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Nader Jahanbani's son was from his first wife, Azar Etessam, and his daughter from his second wife, Farah Zangeneh.
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Nader Jahanbani was one of the first of the Shah's generals to be arrested and was sent to a court run by the infamous Sadegh Khalkhali.
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Nader Jahanbani was tried by Ahmad Khomeini who told Nader Jahanbani that he was a foreigner.
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Nader Jahanbani was taken to Qasr Prison, and in the early hours of 13 March 1979 he was shot in the courtyard.
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Nader Jahanbani was sobbing and I, who should have been able to find words to comfort her, could do nothing but cry with her.