Hashem All-e-Agha Was Iran’s Top F-14 Pilot, But Tehran has tried to bury his memory

Hashem All-e-Agha Was Iran’s Top F-14 Pilot, But Tehran has tried to bury his memory

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Hashem All-e-Agha Was Iran’s Top F-14 Pilot
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During the first four years of the Iran-Iraq War, one Iranian F-14 pilot earned a fearful reputation — especially in Iraq. Amazingly enough, he remains entirely unknown to the public, even in Iran.

This might seem unsurprising, considering Iran’s fascistic regime and its ongoing efforts to falsify not only the history of its armed forces, but of the entire country. However, the lengths officials have gone to to avoid acknowledging Iran’s top F-14 pilot are quite extraordinary.

Tehran apparently doesn’t want the world to how one of its deadliest aerial warriors ultimately fell in battle.

The man in question was Hashem All-e-Agha — sometimes spelled “Alagha” — an officer and pilot about whom, contrary to standard practice in Iran, there are no magazine articles, no books, no spectacular movies, no T.V. documentaries and no murals decorating the streets of Iranian cities.