Mehdi Bakeri ( Persian : مهدی باکری ‎; 1954 – 16 March 1985) was an Iranian Azeri military officer and prominent Iranian military figure in the Iran–Iraq War . He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tabriz and participated in the Iranian Revolution against the Shah . Following the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq War , he joined to the IRGC and was killed in action in Operation Badr during the war.