About Mostafa Chamran
Mostafa Chamran Savehi (Persian: مصطفی چمران ساوهای; 2 October 1932 – 21 June 1981) was an Iranian scientist, politician, and guerrilla, best known for serving as the first defense minister of post-revolutionary Iran. In 1980, Chamran was elected to the Iranian Majles, representing Tehran. That same year, he commanded a paramilitary unit in the Iran–Iraq War, known as the "Irregular Warfare Headquarters". He was later killed on the frontlines. == Early life and education == Chamran was born into a religious Persian family on 2 October 1932 in Tehran. His younger brother was Mehdi Chamran, who later served as the chairman of the City Council of Tehran. Chamran studied at Alborz High School, while also receiving religious education from Mahmoud Taleghani. After graduating from the University of Tehran with a bachelor's degree in electromechanics, he moved to the United States for higher education under an Imperial Iranian government scholarship, obtaining a master of science in electricial engineering from Texas A&M University. In 1963, Chamran obtained his doctorate in electrical engineering and plasma physics from the University of California, Berkeley. He was subsequently employed as a research staff scientist at Bell Laboratories and later at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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