1. Nader Batmanghelidj was an Iranian military officer who served in various military and government posts.
21 Facts About Nader Batmanghelidj
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Nader Batmanghelidj served as the ambassador of Imperial Iran to Pakistan and Iraq.
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Nader Batmanghelidj was a graduate of the Iranian Military Academy and joined the Iranian Army in the 1920s.
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Nader Batmanghelidj attended military courses in both Germany and Czechoslovakia.
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Nader Batmanghelidj was in prison until the end of the war.
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Nader Batmanghelidj was appointed head of the military office of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
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Nader Batmanghelidj was named as the chief of the athletic program by Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh.
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Nader Batmanghelidj was one of the senior military officers who were planning a coup against the Mosaddegh government.
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On 15 August 1953 Nader Batmanghelidj was arrested and imprisoned when the coup failed.
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When Mossadegh was overthrown in August 1953 Nader Batmanghelidj returned to the army.
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Nader Batmanghelidj was the chief of staff of the armed forces between 1953 and 1955.
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Nader Batmanghelidj became the first Iranian ambassador to Pakistan when he was appointed to the post in 1955 which he held until 1957.
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Nader Batmanghelidj's appointment was possible through his closeness to retired military officer, Fazlollah Zahedi, who played a significant role in the coup against Mohammad Mossadegh.
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Nader Batmanghelidj was appointed minister of interior to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Manouchehr Eghbal in 1958 and was in office until 1959.
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Nader Batmanghelidj was succeeded by Rahmat Allah Atabaki in the post who finalized his rural development project.
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Nader Batmanghelidj was the chairman of the military group of the Central Treaty Organization in the 1960s.
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Nader Batmanghelidj was the owner of Tehran International Hotel which he established in the 1940s.
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Nader Batmanghelidj was arrested following the 1979 revolution in Iran.
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Nader Batmanghelidj was imprisoned for three years and went to the United States when he was released from the prison.
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Nader Batmanghelidj died of kidney failure at the Cameron Glen Care Center in Reston, Virginia, on 24 April 1998.
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Nader Batmanghelidj was awarded the Order of Sepah and Legion of Merit both of which were from the Imperial Iran.