Ayat Mohaqeqi

{{Short description|Iranian military commander (1931–1980)}}

{{Infobox military person

| honorific_prefix = Timsar

| name = Ayat Mohaqeqi

| image = File:Ayatmohagheghi.jpg

| birth_date = December 25, 1931

| death_date = {{death date and age|1980|07|19|1931|12|25}}

| allegiance = Iran

| branch = 20px Imperial Iranian Air Force

| serviceyears = 1949-1980

| rank = Brigadier general

| battles = Nojeh Coup

}}

Ayat Mohaqeqi ({{Langx|fa|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,"{{Cite web |date=2017-08-29 |title=تاریخ شفاهی ایران: تاریخ شفاهی ایران - 349 - کودتای نوژه - اعترافات آیت محققی - 2 |url=http://www.doctv.ir/tarikh-shafahi/8796-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE-%D8%B4%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-349-%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%86%D9%88%DA%98%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%82%DB%8C-2 |access-date=2022-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829080757/http://www.doctv.ir/tarikh-shafahi/8796-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE-%D8%B4%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-349-%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%86%D9%88%DA%98%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%82%DB%8C-2 |archive-date=2017-08-29 }}{{Cite web |title=بازخوانی اعترافات تیمسار محققی، فرمانده کودتای نوژه: بنی‌صدر را زنده می‌خواستند/ قراربود آیت‌الله شریعتمداری را بدزدند |url=http://tarikhirani.ir/fa/news/2401/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%82%DB%8C-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%86%D9%88%DA%98%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%AF-%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B4%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B9%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%B2%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=تاریخ ایرانی |language=fa}}{{Cite web |date=2019-11-10 |title=درگذشت طراح و فرمانده نظامی کودتای نوژه |url=https://www.radiofarda.com/a/f14_architect_of_nojeh_coup_died/27558583.html |access-date=2022-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110004850/https://www.radiofarda.com/a/f14_architect_of_nojeh_coup_died/27558583.html |archive-date=2019-11-10 }} which was arrested, tried, and executed on July 19, 1980, after the coup was discovered.

Coup

Together with General Saeed Mehdiyoun and several officers of the Imperial Iranian Air Force, namely Bijan Irannejad, Farrokhzad Jahangiri, Mohammad Malek and Yousef Pourrezaei, he planned to overthrow and Shapur Bakhtiar destroy the political system of the Islamic Republic. With the revelation of the coup plan and plan, on the morning of July 9, 1980, while all the pilots and officers participating in the coup were preparing to start the operation by going to Shahrokhi Air Base in Hamadan, he was arrested, tried and finally shot on July 19, 1980. Excerpts from his trial were recorded.{{Cite web |title=فارسی. دریافت‌شده در ۲۰۲۰-۰۱-۱۷. |url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran/20}}

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