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{{short description|Iranian military major general}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}
{{Infobox military person
| name          = Manouchehr Khosrodad
| image         = Manouchehr Khosrowdad.jpg
| image_size    = 
| caption       = General Manouchehr Khosrodad
| birth_date    = 10 February 1927
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1979|2|15|1927|2|10|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iranrights.org/memorial/story/-3306/manuchehr-khosrodad|title=Manouchehr Khosrodad: One Person's Story|website=Human Rights & Democracy for Iran|language=en|access-date=15 September 2018}}</ref> 
| placeofburial_label = 
| birth_place  = [[Amol]], [[Pahlavi Iran|Iran]]
| death_place  = [[Refah School]], [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]
| placeofburial = [[Behesht-e Zahra]]
| nickname      = 
| allegiance    = [[File:State flag of Iran (1964–1980).svg|27px]] [[Imperial State of Iran]]
| branch        = [[File:IIHavaNiruz.svg|23px]] [[Imperial Iranian Army Aviation]]
| serviceyears  = 1946–1979
| rank          = [[File:IIArmy-Sarlashgar.png|25px]] [[Major General]]
| unit          = [[File:École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr.jpg|23px]] [[École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr]]<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2010/02/fajr-10-days-that-changed-iran.html Public Broadcasting Service – The Ten Days That Changed Iran]</ref>
| commands      =
| battles       = [[Dhofar Rebellion]]
| awards        = [[File:Officier in de Orde van de Leeuw en de Zon Iran rond 1900 Civiele Divisie.png|25px]]
| relations     =
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}}

'''Manouchehr Khosrodad''' ({{langx|fa|منوچهر خسروداد}}; 1927 – 15 February 1979) was an [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] [[military]] [[major general]].<ref>[http://www.iranrights.org/memorial/story/-3306/manuchehr-khosrodad Human Rights & Democracy for Iran – Major General Manuchehr Khosrodad]</ref> He was a loyal supporter of the [[Shah]], [[Mohammed Reza Pahlavi]], the final monarch of Iran who ruled from 1941 to 1979. He was executed following the [[Iranian Revolution]] of 1979. Khosrodad was a helicopter pilot, Head of the Equestrian Federation of Iran and a champion in horseback and also enjoyed skiing. Khosrodad was the founder and the first commander of [[65th Airborne Special Forces Brigade (Iran)|23rd Airborne Special Forces Brigade]].<ref>[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?pid=124222938 At Legacy.com]</ref>
He had studied at American Defense Academy and the French military school, [[École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr|Saint Cyr]], and [[Switzerland]]. He spoke English and French.<ref>[http://slideplayer.com/slide/1518513/ SlidePlayer – IRAN (PERSIA) Cradle of Civilization]</ref> Before the fall of the government in the Iranian Revolution, he believed that [[Secularism|religion should not be involved in politics.]]

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