Bijan Assem

{{Short description|Iranian Air Force Commander}}

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{{prose|date=September 2018}}

{{BLP sources|date=July 2021}}

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{{Infobox military person

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| birth_place = Shiraz, Iran{{cn|date=September 2023}}

| birth_date = 1944{{cn|date=September 2023}}

| allegiance = 20px Imperial Air Force
20px Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force

| branch = Imperial Iranian Air Force, Iran Air Force

| serviceyears = 1963–1988

| rank = 20px Brigadier General

| battles = Dhofar Rebellion Iran–Iraq War (Operation Kaman 99, Attack on H3, Operation Scorch Sword)

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Brigadier General Bijan Assem ({{langx|fa|بیژن عاصم}}‎; born 1944) was an acclaimed Iranian َAir Force commander and a national hero serving for the full duration of the Iran-Iraq War.{{citation needed|date=September 2011}} His record qualifies him as an ace and one of the most successful commander of that conflict.{{cite web|url=http://ganjejang.com/forum/showthread.php?mode=linear&tid=1502&pid=15607|title=انجمن گنج جنگ|website=ganjejang.com}} He served the IIAF (1963–1979),{{cite web|url=http://www.iiaf.net/archive/personnel/image-1-340.html|title=IIAF Personnel - Personnel of IIAF (Nameshan Javeed Baad)|website=www.iiaf.net}} and stayed on to serve in the IRIAF(1980–1988){{cite web|url=http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_214.shtml|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717122953/http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_214.shtml|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 17, 2012|title=Iran Iraq War|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.navideshahed.com/fa/index.php?Page=definition&UID=267457|title=اولين مراسم اهدای نشان فتح|website=www.navideshahed.com|access-date=2011-08-20|archive-date=2014-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025112704/http://www.navideshahed.com/fa/index.php?Page=definition&UID=267457|url-status=dead}} when it was somewhat dangerous for high-ranked officers and pilots to continue their military service.