What is Mohammad Salimi?
{{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = [[Timsar]] |name= Mohammad Salimi |birth_date={{birth date|1937|2|2}} |death_date={{death date and age|2016|1|30|1937|2|2}} |birth_place= [[Mashhad]], [[Iran]] |death_place=[[Tehran]], [[Iran]] |placeofburial= |image= Commander in Chief Mohammad Salimi (cropped).jpg |caption= |nickname= |allegiance=[[Iran]] |branch=[[Islamic Republic of Iran Army|Ground Forces]] |serviceyears= 1955–2005 |rank= [[Major General]] |commands= [[Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics|Defence Minister]] (1981–1984)<br/>[[Commander-in-chief]] of the Iranian Army |unit= |battles= [[Iran–Iraq War]] |awards= |laterwork= }} '''Mohammad Salimi''' ({{lang-fa|سرلشکر محمد سلیمی}}; February 2, 1937 – January 30, 2016) was an [[Iran]]ian military person. He was born in [[Mashhad]], Iran. He was the [[commander-in-chief]] of the Iranian Army.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.aftabnews.ir/vdcguw9aku9xq.html|title=آفتاب - انتصاب سرلشكرصالحي به عنوان فرماندهی كل ارتش|work=Aftab News|access-date=14 February 2013|archive-date=13 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213235638/http://www.aftabnews.ir/vdcguw9aku9xq.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He served in the [[Iran-Iraq War]]. He began his career in 1955 and resigned in 2005. Salimi was the [[Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics|defense minister]] in the cabinet of [[Mir-Hossein Mousavi]], replacing [[Javad Fakoori]].<ref name=Zabir2012>{{cite book|author=Sepehr Zabir|title=The Iranian Military in Revolution and War (RLE Iran D)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TcjmD51dFFMC&pg=PT277|access-date=17 February 2013|date=23 April 2012|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-136-81270-5|pages=277}}</ref> He was in office from 1981 to August 1984.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tehran dismisses 5 cabinet members|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/16/world/teheran-dismisses-5-cabinet-members.html|access-date=27 August 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=16 August 1984|author=J. Dionne|location=Paris}}</ref> ==References== {{reflis