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  "ar": "حسين سلامي",
  "en": "Hossein Salami",
  "ur": "حسین سلامی"
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  "ar": "حسين سلامي ⁦(١٩٦٠ – ١٣ حزيران ٢٠٢٥)⁩ لواء إيراني قاد الحرس الثوري الإسلامي من ٢٠١٩ حتى مقتله في غارة إسرائيلية في طهران عند بدء حرب الاثني عشر يومًا؛ التحق بالحرس مع اندلاع الحرب العراقية الإيرانية، وقاد قوته الجوية وبرامجه الصاروخية، وعُرف بخطبه النارية ضد الولايات المتحدة وإسرائيل والسعودية.",
  "en": "Hossein Salami (1960 - 13 June 2025) was an Iranian major general who commanded the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from 2019 until he was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Tehran at the start of the Twelve-Day War; he joined the IRGC at the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq War, commanded its aerospace force and missile programmes, and was known for fiery speeches against the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia.",
  "ur": "حسین سلامی ⁦(1960 – 13 جون 2025)⁩ ایرانی میجر جنرل تھے جنھوں نے 2019 سے بارہ روزہ جنگ کے آغاز میں تہران پر اسرائیلی فضائی حملے میں ہلاکت تک سپاہ پاسداران کی قیادت کی؛ وہ ایران عراق جنگ کے آغاز پر پاسداران میں شامل ہوئے، اس کی فضائی قوت اور میزائل پروگراموں کی قیادت کی، اور امریکہ، اسرائیل و سعودی عرب کے خلاف پرجوش تقریروں کے لیے معروف تھے۔"
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    "note": "Structured data alone names a faith for Hossein Salami: his Wikidata item carries a religion statement (Shia Islam, Q9585). Neither the English nor the Arabic article's prose names a faith for the man himself. The Twelver identity of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and of the Iranian state he served is institutional and office context, which settles nothing for the man himself, and the two-independent-texts precondition for the Shia mapping is not met by any reliable text read. The value is therefore unknown.",
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   "source": "English Wikipedia article 'Hossein Salami' revision 1374577822 of 12 September 2026; Arabic Wikipedia article 'حسين سلامي' revision 76346074 of 26 August 2026; Wikidata item Q16050995 revision 2549418881 of 25 September 2026 (all retrieved live in-session on 2 November 2026 via the MediaWiki API; the Wikidata revision re-asserted identical on a second query). His birth is given as 1 August 1960 by the English article's lead and by Wikidata; the English body and the Arabic article give the year 1960 alone. This is the batch's one deceased subject: wings [people] only. No record or draft stub for him existed on main (checked against origin/main on 2 November 2026 by slug, name fragments and QID). The queue's 1960-2025 dates are correct.",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "ملخص",
     "markdown": "حسين سلامي (1960-2025) ضابط عسكري إيراني تولى القيادة العامة للحرس الثوري الإسلامي من 2019 حتى مقتله في غارة إسرائيلية في 13 حزيران 2025 {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-en} {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-ar}. تميّز بين قادة الحرس بخطبه النارية والهجومية ضد الولايات المتحدة وإسرائيل والسعودية {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "حياته",
     "markdown": "وُلد سلامي سنة 1960 في غلبايغان بمحافظة أصفهان، وقُبل لدراسة الهندسة الميكانيكية في جامعة إيران للعلوم والتقنية سنة 1978 {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-en} {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-ar}. ومع اندلاع الحرب العراقية الإيرانية التحق بالحرس الثوري، وبعد الحرب أكمل دراسته فنال ماجستير إدارة الدفاع ودكتوراه في إدارة الدفاع الوطني {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "أعماله",
     "markdown": "قاد سلامي جامعة القيادة والأركان التابعة للحرس، ورأس إدارة عمليات هيئة الأركان المشتركة، وقاد القوة الجوية للحرس من 2006 إلى 2009 وكان نائبًا للقائد العام من 2009 حتى عيّنه علي خامنئي قائدًا عامًا في 21 نيسان 2019 {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-en} {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-ar}. أشرف مباشرة على مشاريع صواريخ باليستية منها شهاب-3 وقدر، وفرضت عليه عقوبات من مجلس الأمن والولايات المتحدة والاتحاد الأوروبي وكندا {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-en}. وفي كانون الثاني 2020 اعتذر علنًا عن إسقاط الحرس طائرة الخطوط الأوكرانية {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-en}. قُتل في طهران عند بدء حرب الاثني عشر يومًا في 13 حزيران 2025 وأُعلن أحمد وحيدي خلفًا مؤقتًا له {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-en} {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-ar}. لا يسمي نثر المقالتين دينًا لسلامي نفسه — فبيان الدين ورد في عنصر ويكي بيانات وحده — ولذلك سُجل دينه غير معروف {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-en} {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-ar} {cite:wikidata-hossein-salami}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "المصادر",
     "markdown": "- {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-en}\n- {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-ar}\n- {cite:wikidata-hossein-salami}"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Hossein Salami (1960-2025) was an Iranian military officer who served as commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from 2019 until his death in an Israeli airstrike on 13 June 2025 {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-en} {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-ar}. He stood out among IRGC commanders for his fiery and aggressive speeches targeting the US, Israel and Saudi Arabia {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Life",
     "markdown": "Salami was born in 1960 in Golpayegan, Isfahan province, and was accepted to study mechanical engineering at the Iran University of Science and Technology in 1978 {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-en} {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-ar}. When the Iran-Iraq War started he joined the IRGC, and after the war he completed his studies, taking a master's degree in defense management and a doctorate in national defense management {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Work",
     "markdown": "Salami commanded the IRGC University of Command and Staff, headed its joint staff operations department, commanded the IRGC Aerospace Force from 2006 to 2009 and was deputy commander from 2009 until Ali Khamenei appointed him commander-in-chief on 21 April 2019 {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-en} {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-ar}. He directly supervised ballistic missile projects including the Shahab-3 and Qadr, and was sanctioned by the UN Security Council, the United States, the European Union and Canada {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-en}. In January 2020 he publicly apologised for the IRGC's shootdown of Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-en}. He was killed in Tehran at the start of the Twelve-Day War on 13 June 2025, and Ahmad Vahidi was announced as his temporary successor {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-en} {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-ar}. Neither article's prose names a faith for Salami himself - only his Wikidata item carries a religion statement - so his faith is recorded as unknown {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-en} {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-ar} {cite:wikidata-hossein-salami}."
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     "heading": "Sources",
     "markdown": "- {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-en}\n- {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-ar}\n- {cite:wikidata-hossein-salami}"
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     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "حسین سلامی (1960–2025) ایرانی فوجی افسر تھے جنھوں نے 2019 سے 13 جون 2025 کو اسرائیلی فضائی حملے میں ہلاکت تک سپاہ پاسداران کی سرکلی قیادت کی {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-en} {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-ar}۔ وہ امریکہ، اسرائیل اور سعودی عرب کے خلاف پرجوش تقریروں کے لیے معروف تھے {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-en}۔"
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     "heading": "زندگی و کام",
     "markdown": "سلامی 1960 میں گولپایگان میں پیدا ہوئے اور 1978 میں مکینیکل انجینئرنگ کے طالب علم تھے جب ایران عراق جنگ شروع ہوئی تو پاسداران میں شامل ہو گئے {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-en} {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-ar}۔ وہ پاسداران کی فضائی قوت کے کمانڈر اور 2009 سے نائب سربراہ رہے، اور 21 اپریل 2019 کو علی خامنہ ای نے انھیں سپہ سالار مقرر کیا {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-en}۔ ان پر اقوام متحدہ، امریکہ، یورپی یونین اور کینیڈا نے پابندیاں عائد کیں {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-en}۔ دونوں مضامین کے متن میں ان کے اپنے مذہب کا نام نہیں — مذہب کا بیان صرف وکی ڈیٹا میں ہے — لہٰذا ان کا مذہب غیر معلوم درج ہے {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-en} {cite:wikipedia-hossein-salami-ar} {cite:wikidata-hossein-salami}۔"
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