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Order of Fath
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The Fath Medal (Persian: نشان فتح, lit.'Conquer Medal') is a military award of the Iranian armed forces which is awarded by the commander-in-chief, the Supreme Leader of Iran.

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Hajizadeh receiving the Order of Fath from the Supreme Leader of Iran, after October 2024 Iranian strikes against Israel
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History and description

First awarded on 27 September 1989,[1] the medal shows three Palm leaves over Khorramshahr's grand mosque (as a symbol of resistance), the flag of Iran, and the word "Fath".[1][2] It is a military award of the Iranian armed forces and is awarded by the commander-in-chief, the Supreme Leader of Iran.[1]

As of 2008, the medal was awarded in three grades. Senior commanders are typically awarded a first class medal, colonels and brigadiers usually receive a second class award, while third class awards are granted to those ranked at or below lieutenant colonel.[3]

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Recipients

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First recipients (1989)

The first Order of Fath medals were conferred on 27 September 1989, after the Iran–Iraq War, with three recipients of the award at First Class level.[4]

  • The first recipient of the Order of Fath was Mohammad Hossein Fahmideh.[4] Fahmideh's award was posthumous, as he was killed in November 1980 when, as a 13-year-old boy, he was fighting in the Iran–Iraq War. He disabled an Iraqi tank by jumping under it while wearing a belt of grenades from which he had removed the pins.[5][6] In so doing, Fahmideh halted the advance of a line of tanks.[7]:57[6][8][9] Khomeini declared Fahmideh a national hero, stating that the "value of [Fahmideh's] little heart is greater than could be described by hundreds of tongues and hundreds of pens"[6][10] and also calling him "our guide" who "threw himself under the enemy's tank with a grenade and destroyed it, thus drinking the elixir of matyrdom."[6] Khomeini's government went on to provide a knapsack to every school child in Iran that showed "Fahmideh's heroic sacrifice under the tank and the grenades he used to blow himself up,"[8] and to include Fahmideh's story alongside that of other "martyrs" in textbooks intended to improve childhood literacy.[11]
  • Mohsen Rezaee, commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps[4]
  • Ali Sayad Shirazi, commander of Islamic Republic of Iran Army[4]

Alongside them, 21 people received 2nd class medal and 29 people received the 3rd class medal.[1][4]

1990

On 4 February 1990, a total of 210 men received the medal. The recipients included:

Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force

Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution

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2024

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