Morteza Yazdanpanah was an army officer who served as chief-of-staff in the Imperial Iranian army for two times, between 1941 and 1942 and in 1952.
20 Facts About Morteza Yazdanpanah
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Morteza Yazdanpanah held other governmental and military positions during the reigns of Reza Shah and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
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From 1907 Morteza Yazdanpanah attended Cossack Cadet School which trained army officers for Cossack Brigade.
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Morteza Yazdanpanah was one of the close allies of Reza Shah, but later their relations became tense.
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Morteza Yazdanpanah was the commander of the Iranian army's northern division during the coup organized by Reza Shah against Qajar dynasty in 1921.
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Morteza Yazdanpanah was the governor general of Tehran and the commander of the first army.
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In 1926 Morteza Yazdanpanah was next to Reza Shah during the latter's coronation ceremony.
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Morteza Yazdanpanah was one of the founders of Iran-e-No Party, a short-lived anticlerical political party, in 1927.
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Morteza Yazdanpanah was appointed commander of the Tehran Cadet College in 1933.
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Morteza Yazdanpanah was assigned to significant posts by the next Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
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Morteza Yazdanpanah was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in 1942 when Reza Shah went into exile.
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Morteza Yazdanpanah headed the Iranian military contingent which represented the country at Victory Parade in London in June 1946.
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On 4 April 1950 Morteza Yazdanpanah was named as the minister of war in the cabinet of Prime Minister Ali Mansur and remained in the office until June 1950 when a new cabinet was formed by Haj Ali Razmara.
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Morteza Yazdanpanah served as the minister of war between December 1951 and June 1952 in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh.
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Mosaddegh asked him to retire, but Morteza Yazdanpanah did not accept his request.
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From June 1963 Morteza Yazdanpanah was one of the senior military advisors to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi being the head of the Imperial Inspectorate and was made a senator in 1967.
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Morteza Yazdanpanah was the head of the High Council for the Coronation which organized the coronation ceremony of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in 1967.
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Morteza Yazdanpanah was one of ten people who had direct access to the Shah Mohammad Reza.
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Morteza Yazdanpanah's wife, Leyla, was born in Russia, and her father was the governor of Russian Azarbaijan.
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Morteza Yazdanpanah married Golnar Bakhtiar, the daughter of Teymur Bakhtiar, in Tehran in October 1960.