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Mohammad Hossein Fahmideh

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Iranian child soldier in the Iran-Iraq War (1967-1980)

Lived 1967 to 1980 · aged 13
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Mohammad Hossein Fahmideh was an Iranian child soldier and an icon of the Iran-Iraq War. During the First Battle of Khorramshahr in 1980, he served with the Basij and fought invading Iraqi forces in and around the city of Khorramshahr.

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Order of Fath

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Hossein KharraziAlso won Order of FathMehdi RabbaniAlso won Order of FathHassan FirouzabadiAlso won Order of Fath

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Mohammad Hossein Fahmideh was an Iranian child soldier and an icon of the Iran-Iraq War. During the First Battle of Khorramshahr in 1980, he served with the Basij and fought invading Iraqi forces in and around the city of Khorramshahr. Fahmideh is credited with having halted the advance of an Iraqi tank column after he jumped underneath an Iraqi tank and detonated a full grenade belt, killing himself in the process. He is celebrated as a war hero in Iran.

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Lived 1967 to 1980 · aged 13
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