Draft:Ali Aghababaei
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| Name | Ali Aghababaei |
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| Birth Place | Lower Shenastq Village
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| Brith Date | 1987 (1366 SH) |
| Death Place | Damascus, Syria |
| Death Date | 1 April 2024 (13 Farvardin 1403 SH) |
| Religion | Islam |
Ali Aghababaei was one of the forces under Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh in the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and served as a military advisor for the IRGC in Syria. He was martyred on Monday afternoon, 13 Farvardin 1403 SH, corresponding to 1 April 2024 CE, in the Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, alongside Major General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, Brigadier General Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi, Hossein Amanollahi, Seyyed Mehdi Jaladati, Mohsen Sedaghat, and Seyyed Ali Salehi Rozbehani, among the commanders and advisory forces of the Quds Force.
Biography
Aghababaei was born in 1987 (1366 SH) in Lower Shenastq Village, Khormdasht District, Takestan County, Qazvin Province.
Education
He pursued his university education in the field of IT (Information Technology) up to the bachelor's degree level.
IRGC Membership
Aghababaei was one of the forces under Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh in the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and had gone to Syria for a mission about one month prior; this mission was considered his third mission in the past eight years[1].
Martyrdom
Ali Aghababaei was martyred on Monday afternoon, 13 Farvardin 1403 SH, corresponding to 1 April 2024 CE, in the Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, alongside Major General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, Brigadier General Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi, Hossein Amanollahi, Seyyed Mehdi Jaladati, Mohsen Sedaghat, and Seyyed Ali Salehi Rozbehani, among the commanders and advisory forces of the Quds Force[2].
Reactions
The Representative of the Supreme Leader in the province and the Imam of Friday Prayer in Qazvin, in a message, congratulated and offered condolences on the martyrdom of Ali Aghababaei; the text of the message is as follows:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
We strongly condemn the barbaric attack by the fake Zionist regime on the building of the consulate of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Damascus and congratulate and offer condolences on the martyrdom of the valiant commanders and defenders of the shrine "Brigadier General Passdar Mohammad Reza Zahedi", "Brigadier General Passdar Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi" from the commanders, veterans, and honored veterans of the Sacred Defense and senior military advisors of the Iran in Syria and five of the officers accompanying these dear ones, especially Martyr Ali Agha Babaei from the people of Takestan County, Qazvin Province, to the presence of Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Imam Khamenei (may his shadow remain high), the honorable families, comrades, the Resistance Front, the honorable nation of Islamic Iran, and all the dear people of Qazvin Province.
This crime clearly indicates the field defeat and military helplessness of the Zionist regime and its turn to unconventional and violent wars against the Resistance Front to find a way out for itself[3].
Abdolkarim Abedini; Representative of the Supreme Leader in the province and Imam of Friday Prayer of Qazvin
Lifestyle
Ali Aghababaei's mother, stating the moral characteristics of her child, expressed: Ali was very kind and good-tempered and held special respect for his father, mother, and wife, and never raised his voice against us and his brothers, and this etiquette and morality was indeed evident in the family. She added: My son cared very much about religious matters and always participated in religious programs and charitable works, and every year held a memorial ceremony for the martyrs in the village and cared about religious festivals and the birth of the Imams. This mother of the martyr expressed: Ali always wished to become a martyr and in the end reached his wish, and simultaneously with Quds Day a magnificent funeral was held with the presence of people, and I thank God that my child was martyred in the way of Islam.
Mehdi Aghababaei, the martyr's brother, stating the moral characteristics of the martyr, expressed: My brother was a sincere individual and never sought hypocrisy and ostentation and having his name mentioned in ceremonies, and in terms of humility and modesty, he resembled my father and was very simple and sincere and a lover of the Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them) and always tried not to let the words of the Leadership fall to the ground and sought cultural work and the Jihad of Explanation and believed that the Leadership is alone and must be supported and recommended to everyone to pay attention to the words of the Leadership.
The martyr's younger brother said: Ali, my brother, was a individual loyal to the Guardianship and supporter of the Leadership and respected his parents very much and willed that after his martyrdom, he be buried at the foot of our father's grave and emphasized that both his grave should be lower than his father's and the writings on the tombstone should be smaller than the handwriting on his father's tombstone so that in this way he could show his devotion and smallness to his parents.
The martyr's wife also added: Ali was a humble and sincere human and a lover of his parents[4].
Funeral Ceremony
After the funeral prayer led by Imam Khamenei over the body of Ali Aghababaei, commanders and his companions in Tehran, according to his will, his body was transferred on 17 Farvardin 1403 SH to Lower Shenastq Village, Khormdasht, Takestan County, Qazvin Province, and simultaneously with Quds Day in his ancestral village with the presence of faithful and revolutionary people of Takestan County, it was funeralized and buried[5].
See also
- Syria
- Damascus
- Mohammad Reza Zahedi
- Amirali Hajizadeh
- Seyyed Mehdi Jaladati
- Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus
References
- ↑ Additional information about Al-Quds Martyr "Ali Aghababaei", ISNA.
- ↑ Haj Rahimi; From training center in Afghanistan to presence in 33-day war, Tasnim News Agency.
- ↑ Representative of Supreme Leader in Qazvin Province congratulated and offered condolences on martyrdom of Ali Aghababaei in Syria, Office of the Representative of the Supreme Leader in the province and Imam of Friday Prayer of Qazvin.
- ↑ Martyr Aghababaei was a humble and sincere human and lover of his parents, Borna News Agency.
- ↑ Magnificent funeral of Martyr Ali Aghababaei in Qazvin, Tasnim News Agency.
References
- Additional information about Martyr Ali Aghababaei, ISNA, Published 2 April 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- Haj Rahimi; From Training Center in Afghanistan to Presence in 33-Day War, Tasnim News Agency, Published 16 May 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- Representative of the Supreme Leader in Qazvin Province Congratulated and Condolenced the Martyrdom of Ali Aqa Babaei in Syria, Office of the Representative of the Supreme Leader in the Province and Imam Jomeh of Qazvin, Published 2 April 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- Martyr Aghababaei was a Humble and Sincere Human and Loved His Parents, Borna News Agency, Published 2 April 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- Grand Funeral of Martyr Ali Aghababaei in Qazvin, Tasnim News Agency, Published 2 April 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.