1. Nematollah Nassiri was an Iranian military officer who served as the director of SAVAK, the Iranian intelligence agency during the rule of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi.
15 Facts About Nematollah Nassiri
1. 2.
Nematollah Nassiri was born on 4 August 1910 in Sangussar, near Semnan.
3.
Nematollah Nassiri was a classmate of then-Crown Prince Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, which in turn played an important role in his career.
4.
Nematollah Nassiri's career began in the rank of lieutenant of the 2nd class, quickly moving forward in the ranks of the service in the ground forces.
5.
In 1949, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, Nematollah Nassiri became governor of Kerman province.
6.
Nematollah Nassiri served as the commander of the Iranian Imperial Guards during the Pahlavi era.
7.
Nematollah Nassiri was arrested by the followers of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh when he delivered two decrees of the Shah to the prime minister.
8.
Nematollah Nassiri was appointed head of SAVAK following the failure of General Hassan Pakravan, the previous director, to prevent the assassination of Prime Minister Hassan-Ali Mansur on 21 January 1965.
9.
Nematollah Nassiri served in the post until 6 June 1978 when he was dismissed by the Shah.
10.
General Nematollah Nassiri ideally coped with the task set before him by the Shah: in the shortest possible time, a rather complex and comprehensive system of total investigation and denunciation was created, which controlled all aspects of the political and public life of Iran.
11.
The development of a special operation plan to eliminate Bakhtiar and its brilliant execution by the SAVAK agents was personally supervised by General Nematollah Nassiri, directly agreeing with the Shah regarding all the details of this operation.
12.
On 6 June 1978, General Nematollah Nassiri was relieved of his post as head of the SAVAK and appointed ambassador to Pakistan.
13.
Nematollah Nassiri's place was taken by Lieutenant General Nasser Mogadam, who for many years headed SAVAK's "Department III".
14.
Nematollah Nassiri was arrested together with 60 other former officials on 8 November 1978, including high-ranking officials, such as former director of SAVAK Hassan Pakravan and former Prime Minister Amir-Abbas Hoveyda.
15.
Nematollah Nassiri was sentenced to death at 10 pm and after the sentence was confirmed by Ayatollah Khomeini, and was executed by firing squad at 11:45 pm His property was confiscated.