Vice-Admiral Kamal Habibollahi was Commander of Imperial Iranian Navy (December 1975 - February 11, 1979) until the Islamic Revolution. He held minister posts during the military government of General Gholam Reza Azhari (November 6, 1978 - January 4, 1979).

In August 1981, he led a group of people loyal to the Shah in seizing the Tabarzin, an Iranian missile boat, off the coast of Spain, in order to draw attention to the continued resistance to Khomeini. In 1986 he was living in the Washington D.C. area of the United States

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