Faruk Al-Bashir

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Faruk Al-Bashir
Faruk Al-Bashir before the execution of Miller.
Appearances	Battlefield 3
Actor(s)	Ray Haratian (Voice/Model)
First appearance	Operation Guillotine
Last appearance	Night Shift
Affiliation	People's Liberation and Resistance
Rank	President
Weapon	None
Status	KIA

"Shame. You come to our country to murder us, yet we are the terrorist?"

— Al-Bashir.

Faruk Al-Bashir (Persian: فرخ البشیر), sometimes spelled Farukh Al-Bashir, is the secondary antagonist featured in the singleplayer campaign of Battlefield 3.

Biography

"We can avert war between our nations. Just two of us.
No politicians, no money changing hands.
Just two soldiers speaking the truth."
This section contains spoilers for Battlefield 3.

Following a coup that resulted after a catastrophic earthquake in the Iran-Iraq border, Faruk comes into power in Iran. He is the leader of the Iranian insurgency known as the People's Liberation and Resistance.

He is first seen in the game when Blackburn and his squad view security camera footage near the bank's vault, showing him with Solomon and a PLR soldier through a CCTV feed. Afterwards, when Jonathan Miller is captured during Fear No Evil, he goes on video and delivers a short, two-sentence monologue, in which Solomon proceeds to execute Miller.

In Night Shift, the Marines are sent to capture Al-Bashir. However, he gets into a car crash when he tries to escape and later dies of his wounds while being extracted by the Marines.

Before he died, Al-Bashir gave critical intel to Blackburn about the day the bombs are set to explode while also cursing Solomon for "using everyone" to his own advantage. A cellular phone was also recovered on the corpse of Al-Bashir later to be inspected for intel.

Gallery

Al-Bashir character model

Misfit 1-3 watching Al-Bashir and Solomon on the security monitor.

Al-Bashir and Solomon, moments before Miller's execution.

Al-Bashir giving his short speech.

Campo picking up a critically injured Al-Bashir.

Al-Bashir and Campo in the mall.

Al-Bashir at the brink of death.

Trivia

• When he was extracted and interrogated by the Marines, he always referred to and pronounced Solomon as "Sulaiman", which is the proper Persian pronunciation of the name (Persian: سليمان)

• In the book Battlefield 3: The Russian, it is mentioned that Al-Bashir was a former General of the Iranian Air Force.
  • Despite this fact, he wears a uniform similar to those worn by the Iranian Navy officers in game.

• His face is plastered on propaganda posters in some multiplayer maps; stating "savior" in Persian on them.

• A casting call for the game referred to Al-Bashir as being a war hero and also being an opportunist.
  • His description in the casting call says, "Leader of an Iranian political coalition. Former war hero with a messianic belief in his cause. Charismatic opportunist who rules his coalition with an iron fist."