Esmail Daghayeghi

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.

Esmail-Daghayeghi 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". This Iranian Twelver Shia commander who was participated in the Iran-Iraq War, was hit by a missile fired by an Iraqi air-force fighter jet during the Operation Karbala-5 while exploring in Shalamcheh, and ultimately passed away on 18 January 1987.