Abbas Babaei (Persian: عباس بابایی) (5 December 1950 – 6 August 1987) was an Iranian pilot and brigadier-general in the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF), during the Iran-Iraq War.

Aviation journalist and Iran-Iraq air war expert Tom Cooper reports that Babaei was "notorious for his merciless treatment of the pilots and officers" considered disloyal to the new regime.

[3] Cooper's research indicates: General Abbas Babaei was killed on 6 August 1987, while in the rear seat of an F-5B while over Iraqi air space.

It turned out an Iranian' defense system, operated by Sepah, had hit Babaei's aircraft in error.

The pilot, Major Ali Mohammad Naderi managed to land the jet, but Babaei died within 10 minutes.