Esmail Daghayeghi
Nickname(s)Shahid (Martyr) Daghayeghi
Born1954
Behbahan, Khuzestan Province, Imperial State of Iran
Died18 January 1987
Shatt Al-Arab district, Basra Governorate, Ba'athist Iraq
AllegianceIran Islamic Republic of Iran
Service/branchIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Battles/warsIran–Iraq War
AwardsOrder of Fath
RelationsTayebeh Hamrahi (his wife)

Esmail Daghayeghi (Persian: اسماعیل دقایقی) (born: 1954, Behbahan - died in 1987 in Shalamcheh), was one of the senior commanders of the Islamic Republic Revolutionary Guards during the Iran-Iraq War and was involved in the operations of Beitul-Moqaddas, Fath al-Mubin, Khybar, Badr, Ashura, Quds-4, Karbala-2 and Karbala-4.[1][2][3][4]

Esmail-Daghayeghi[5][6][7][8] who is known as the founder of "Division Badr", was born in a religious family in 1954 in the city Behbabah, Khuzestan. After passing his high-school education, he was accepted at the "conservatory of the National Oil Company".[1] This Iranian Twelver Shia commander who was participated in the Iran-Iraq War,[9][10][11] was hit by a missile fired by an Iraqi air-force fighter jet during the Operation Karbala-5 while exploring in Shalamcheh,[1] and ultimately died on 18 January 1987.[12][13][14][15]

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