Amir Meyghani

Sardar Amir Meyghani Shahid-ye Enqelab
فرزاد اکبری
Life-Member of the Superior Council
In office 15 July 1990 – 17 January 2020
Preceded by	Samir al-Jubairi
Deputy Chairman of the National Security Command
In office 19 July 2016 – 17 January 2020
Supreme Commander if the Irfanic Revolutionary Army	Alireza Fadavi
Preceded by	Abdullah Ali Jaffar
Succeeded by	Faris Sayid
Personal details
Born	20 October, 1953 Borazjan, Union of Khazestan and Pardaran
Died	January 17, 2020(2020-01-17) (aged 66) Sidi Amar, Tsabara
Cause of death	assassination
Political party	Zorasani Revolutionary Unification Front (1971-1980) Independent (1980-2019) True Way (2019-present)
Spouse	Khojasteh Shariatzadeh (1970-present)
Children	3
Alma mater	Mahrdad Ali Sattari Academy Imam Khosrow War College
Military service
Branch/service	Zorasani Irfanic Revolutionary Army Land Forces
Years of service	1972-2020
Rank	General Major General (posthumously)
Commands	23rd Armoured Brigade 3rd Banner Army Corps (2017-2019)
Awards	Order of Nasr

Amir Meyghani (Pasdani: , born 20 October 1953, ;83; January 17 2020, aged 66), was a Zorasani general and politician. He served in the Zorasani Irfanic Revolutionary Army Land Forces from 1971 until his death in 2020. He was posthumously promoted to Major General and bestowed the status of Shahid-ye Inqelab (Martyr of the Revolution).

Meyghani served in several key roles throughout his career, including a series of administrative posts in the Irvadi Revolutionary Provisional Government (1979-80). He went on to command government forces in the Al-Hizan Uprising and the Al-Thawra Rebellion during the late 1980s, during which he stirred controversy over his strategies and tactics. In 1990, he was promoted to the rank of general, where he received the mandatory life-term seat in the Zorasani Superior Council of the Union (the upper-house of the Zorasani parliament). During the 1990s and early 2000s he secured prominent teaching positions at the Imam Khosrow War College, before being promoted to Deputy Chairman of the National Security Command.

In late 2019, he was appointed as the official representative of the Zorasani government to the League of the Righteous movement in neighboring Tsabara during the later stages of the Tsabaran Crisis. On January 17 2020, he was killed alongside four other Zorasani officers when returning to Zorasan from Tsabara. His week long stay in Tsabara saw his successful persuasion of the League of the Righteous to attend the Spálgleann Peace Talks. His killing was that of the highest ranking officer in the Zorasani military since 1969 and led directly to a significant increase in Zorasani involvement in Tsabara.

Military career

1971-1975

Tal Samad Incident in 1973 and the Zarhya Zainab Incident

Political career

On April 19 1990, Meyghani was promoted to the rank of General. Under the Zorasani constitution, all serving officers who attain the rank of general are entitled to hold a life-term seat in the upper-house of the federal parliament. According to his biography, he was initially hesitant to enter the national parliament, owing to his personal preference of teaching army cadets, however, he was pressured by fellow officers to take the “state offered gift.” He accepted on April 23 and was registered to replace Samir al-Jubairi, a former general who was retiring both from his military and political career.

On July 14 1990, Meyghani assumed his seat in the Superior Council of the Union. According to the Parliamentary Recorder, Meyghani’s attendance averaged 78% from his assumption till his death in 2020. He voted all major legislation and 68% of smaller legislation, he fell within the voting traditions of the ideological Sattarist factions.

Through his seat in the upper-house, Meyghani was viable for political appointment and between 1995 and 1999, he served on the board of the National Armaments Group, the state-owned weapons producer. In 2001, he was named in a leaked memo indicating corruption at the board level, with suspicions he alongside three other officers had profited through kickbacks secured by deals made between the NAG and privately-owned weapons manufacturers. It was never investigated by the General Army Inspectorate, nor confirmed by third parties.

In 2019, Meyghani emerged as a founding member of the True Way political alliance, which went on to secure a overwhelmingly dominant majority in the lower-house and within weeks, unquestionable power across the entire country.

As a member of the Superior Council and his role as the intermediary between the Zorasani government and the League of the Righteous in eastern Tsabara, he was charged with presenting reports and updates to behind-closed door meetings with the National and External Security Committee.

Masood Saleh, a noted commentator on the Superior Council described Meyghani as a “part-timer, like many officers. But he would be present when needed and when it counted, and he certainly sat with the traditionalist Sattarist hardliners.” He also described Meyghani as a “typical general-politician, present but never truly involved. He was the reliable supporter of the more politically active and involved, but more than not, saw his presence in the Superior Council as a duty.”