He Was Actually a Prominent Commander
Jafar Golshan Roghani
Translated by: Fazel Shirzad
2020-9-29
Note: In the early morning hours of the first day of October, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the beginning of sacred defense, a 5-minute video clip entitled "An Honored General" was broadcast on channel two, in which the Supreme Leader recalled the martyrdom of Ahmad Kazemi twice. In addition to the photos of this memoir, there were some photos of his presence with Martyr Kazemi on the fronts, and speeches of that martyr were also played. Martyr Kazemi was in charge of the 8th Najaf Division during the war.
In a meeting with the officials of the Martyrs National Congress of Najafabad, the first memory of Supreme Leader was on July 1, 2013. Because martyr Kazemi was born in 1959 in the city of Najafabad, Isfahan, Supreme Leader mentioned his name during his speech and said:
"This 8th Najaf division, which some named, was one of the powerful divisions in the eight-year defense fields, and the late Martyr Kazemi (may God bless him and grant him peace) himself was one of those prominent commanders. I went to Khuzestan during the war and visited to the center of Najaf Division; I found in that division that less common in a division, such as readiness on the one hand, very high morale on the other side, and order as well; the order that I saw in that division was rarely seen by humans."
The second memory was related to the day of the funeral of the martyr and some other IRGC commanders on December 12, 2005, who have been martyred two days earlier a plane crash. He expressed special memories of the martyr among the IRGC commanders who had gathered at the University of Tehran mosque for the funeral." Two weeks ago, Martyr Kazemi came to me and said that he had two requests from you: one was to pray that he became an honor to us, and the second was that I prayed that he becomes a martyr. I said to him that it was a pity for him to die; those who have lived through these important times should not die. I said that they must all be martyred, but now it was too early and the country still needed him very much. The system needs him. Then I said that the day I was informed about the martyrdom of the Sayad[1], I said that he deserved to be martyred; He was right; it was a pity that the hunter died. When I said this sentence, the eyes of Martyr Kazemi were filled with tears and said:" God willing, you will be informed about my martyrdom". These memories caused the audience to cry. At the time of martyrdom, Martyr Kazemi was in charge of the ground forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. His body was buried next to Martyr Hossein Kharazi, Commander of Imam Hussein 14th Division (one of the forces of Isfahan) in Isfahan Martyrs Garden.
[1] Ali Sayad Shirazi was an Iranian regular military officer. He served as commander of the Ground Force during Iran–Iraq War. He was assassinated by Mojahedin-e Khalq in 1999 while serving as the deputy chief of the Iranian Armed Forces General Staff.
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