First recipients (1989) The first Order of Fath medals were conferred on 27 September 1989, after the
Iran–Iraq War, with three recipients of the award at First Class level. Fahmideh's award was posthumous, as he was killed in November 1980 when, as a 13-year-old boy, he was fighting in the
Iran–Iraq War. He disabled an Iraqi tank by jumping under it while wearing a belt of grenades from which he had removed the pins. In so doing, Fahmideh halted the advance of a line of tanks. Khomeini declared Fahmideh a national hero, stating that the "value of [Fahmideh's] little heart is greater than could be described by hundreds of tongues and hundreds of pens" and also calling him "our guide" who "threw himself under the enemy's tank with a grenade and destroyed it, thus drinking the elixir of matyrdom." •
Mohsen Rezaee, commander of
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps •
Hassan Rouhani (2nd grade) == References ==