Nematollah Nassiri

Nematollah Nassiri ( 1911 in Semnan *, † 16 February 1979) was the former chief of the Imperial bodyguard of the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and from 1965 to 1978 director of the Iranian secret service SAVAK.

Nematollah Nassiri was involved in the 1953 coup against Mohammad Mossadegh (see Operation Ajax ). He had the order to bring the imperial decree deposing Mossadegh to this. On the evening of August 15, 1953, he was arrested devoted Mossadegh forces under the command of Colonel Momtaz before the house of Mossadegh.

After the coup, Nassiri was promoted to General and dissolved in 1965 the former head of the secret service SAVAK, Hassan Pakravan, from as this, it seemed to be " against suspects too soft ," the Shah. The replacement Pakravans, as Gérard de Villiers, the replacement of an intellectual educated meant by a man with cutting [ ... ] hardly anyone is suitable to conduct this secret, which has such a terrifying reputation.

1978 Nassiri was surprisingly relieved of his post and replaced by Nasser Moghadam. The dismissal is regarded as a result of the growing unrest in Iran. " Twelve years was General Nassiri at the top of this infamous for its brutality intelligence and was in that capacity at the same time Deputy Prime Minister and adjutant of the Shah. In future he is an ambassador in Pakistan do service, "writes The time of his replacement .. After the Islamic Revolution Nassiri was among the first members of the Shah's regime, who were executed.