[4][5][6] He was instrumental in developing a cooperation between the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps and army before and during the Iran Iraq war.

[10][11] Other leading military figures killed in the crash were Valiollah Fallahi, Javad Fakoori and Yousef Kolahdouz.

[14] On 1 October 1981, a funeral service was held for Namjoo and other victims at the military academy in Tehran.

[10] Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini made a speech following the incident indicating the Mujahedeen Khalq as the perpetrator without clearly condemning the leftist group.

[14] Namjoo's biography entitled A Man with Orange Color was published by Ezzatollah Alvandi in 2005.