Husayn Kharrazi

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Sardar Hossein Kharrazi
An illustration of Kharrazi's portrait
Birth name	Hossein Kharrazi
Born	(1957-08-23)23 August 1957 Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran
Died	27 February 1987(1987-02-27) (aged 29) Shatt Al-Arab district, Basra Governorate, Ba'athist Iraq
Buried	Golestan Shohada, Isfahan 32°37′39″N 51°40′59″E / 32.6275°N 51.683056°E / 32.6275; 51.683056
Allegiance	Imperial State of Iran (1977-79)  Iran (1979-87)
Service	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Islamic Revolutionary Committees Imperial Iranian Army
Years of service	1977–1987
Unit	77th Infantry Division (1977–1979)
Commands held	14th Imam Hossein Division 3rd Imam Hossein Brigade
Battles/wars	Dhofar War 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran Iran–Iraq War Operation Tarigh ol-Qods Operation Fath-ol-Mobeen Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas Operation Ramadan Operation Dawn 4 Battle of the Marshes Operation Kheibar (WIA) First Battle of al-Faw Operation Dawn 8 Operation Karbala-4 Operation Karbala-5 †
Awards	Order of Fath (2nd Class)

Hossein Kharrazi (Persian: حسین خرازی)^[1] (23 August 1957 – 27 February 1987) was an Iranian military commander who served as the commander of the IRGC's 14th Imam Hussein Division during the Iran–Iraq War. He supported the Iranian Revolution and after its victory, served and helped safeguarding it. He was engaged in many operations during the war, namely Dawn 8, in which he captured troops of Saddam's Republican Guard in al-Faw Peninsula; and in Operation Karbala-5 (also known as the Siege of Basra) commander of the vanguard forces. Kharrazi was killed by shrapnel from a mortar shell during the Siege of Basra.