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in the chest in the earlier 1979 Kurdish rebellion, immediately joined the battlefield, while having another scheduled surgery. The Iraqis, with tanks and armoured vehicles, were advancing in large convoys toward
Iranian territory. Keshvari usually had to rely on intelligence provided by the local
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multi-purpose utility helicopter, was attacking the convoy from both the front and behind, creating confusion and chaos inside the convoy, and then retreating while another similar unit launched the final attack against the convoy. Using this tactic, which he named
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site. The fighters attacked
Keshvari's helicopter, causing it to crash. The JetRanger rescued the co-pilot Pezeshki, but was forced to flee and leave Keshvari's body as the Iraqi fighters were going to make another pass. An
632:) is a 2015 animated film directed by Vahid Shakeri and produced by Saba Animation Center. It depicts the last three days of Keshvari's life. It was awarded in 13th International Resistance Film Festival – Best Animation.
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from the air defense site downed one of the MiG-21s, while the second MiG fled. Keshvari's body was transferred to
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240:Imam Ali University, Bachelor of Military Science
1273:""رقص قاصدک‌ها" برگزیده جشنواره فیلم مقاومت شد"
940:"شهرستان "سیمرغ" دیار سرلشکر شهید "احمد کشوری""
686:"گفت و گو با مادر شهید سرلشگر خلبان احمد کشوری"
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603:. Muhammad Jozani and
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68:Imperial State of Iran
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1038:on 18 December 2014
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621:Dance of Dandelions
516:Iranian Air Defense
500:Bell 206A JetRanger
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330:Mazandaran Province
302:Keshvari Expressway
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64:Mazandaran Province
1192:"معرفی کتاب سیمرغ"
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862:hamshahrionline.ir
838:on 3 February 2015
812:. 6 December 2014.
719:. 9 December 2010.
597:Ali Akbar Shiroodi
590:Ali Akbar Shiroodi
550:In popular culture
544:Operation Muharram
496:Ali Akbar Shiroodi
437:Ali Akbar Shiroodi
378:Bell 206 JetRanger
288:by then-President
1334:Helicopter pilots
1253:. 13 January 2015
1112:"مادر شهید کشوری"
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