Abbas Doran

Who was Abbas Doran?

Major General. Abbas Doran, also spell Dowran or Dooran, Persian: عباس دوران ‎ was an acclaimed Iranian fighter pilot and a national hero.

He flew for the Imperial Iranian Air Force, and continued flying after the fall of the Iranian kingdom in 1979. General Doran piloted an F-4 Phantom II. He died when he was hit by a Roland 2 missile and crashed his plane into the Al-Rashid Hotel in 1982, trying to prevent NAM conference from taking place in Baghdad by showing the city as insecure during the Iran–Iraq War.