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Bahram Afzali (; 6 December 1937 – 25 February 1984) was an Iranian admiral who served as the Commander of the Iranian Navy from May/June 1980 to 24 April 1983. He was executed for his clandestine membership in the Tudeh Party of Iran in 1984.
Afzali was an engineer and a captain in the Imperial Iranian Navy. After the 1979 revolution, he continued to serve in the Navy and took part in the Iran–Iraq War. Then Iranian president Abolhassan Bani Sadr appointed him as the commander of the Navy in June 1980. He was also special adviser of then speaker of the Iranian parliament, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
Ten of these Tudeh members were executed. On 25 February 1984, Afzali was executed on charges of espionage for the Soviet Union.
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Categories: 1937 Births, 1984 Deaths, People From Qom, Commanders Of Islamic Republic Of Iran Navy, 20th-century Executions By Iran, Iranian People Convicted Of Spying For The Soviet Union, Tudeh Military Network Members, Islamic Republic Of Iran Army Personnel Of The Iran–iraq War, Imperial Iranian Navy Personnel, People Executed For Spying For The Soviet Union, University Of Genoa Alumni, Iranian Expatriates In Italy, Marine Engineers, Communists Executed By Iran, Executed Iranian People By The Islamic Republic Of Iran
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