Ayat Mohaqeqi


Ayat Mohaqeqi
BornDecember 25, 1931
DiedJuly 19, 1980(1980-07-19) (aged 48)
AllegianceIran
Service / branch Imperial Iranian Air Force
Years of service1949-1980
RankBrigadier general
Battles / warsNojeh Coup

Ayat Mohaqeqi (Persian: آیت محققی; December 25, 1931 - July 19, 1980) was a pilot brigadier general of the F-4 Phantom 2 of the Imperial Iranian Air Force, the commander of the Mehrabad 1st hunting base, and a member of the Golden Crown acrobat team. After the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he was a member of the leadership council of the Nojeh coup, known as the "Niqab Uprising," which was arrested, tried, and executed on July 19, 1980, after the coup was discovered.