- Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi
Sepahbod Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi (1906 - 1965) was a military leader and cabinet Minister of
Iran .Born in 1906 in Isfahan, he is one of the planners of the coup d'état of
Reza Pahlavi andSeyyed Zia'eddin Tabatabaee against theQajar dynasty. He is the first person to receive the rank of "sepahbod" (major gerenal) underReza Pahlavi .He served as Minister of War in the cabinet of
Ali Soheili in 1942, andAbdolhosein Hazhir in 1948.He also served as Senator in the
Majlis .It was said he was the only man Reza Pahlavi truly respected and feared. His sister was married into the Pessian family, and after the assassination of Colonel Mohammad Pessian she arranged for his body to be hidden from Reza Pahlavi.
ee also
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Pahlavi Dynasty
*Amir Abdollah Tahmasebi
*Mohammad Hosein Airom
*AbdolhosseinTeymourtash
*Sar Lashgar Buzarjomehri
*Mahmud Khan Puladeen
*Amanullah Jahanbani
*Colonel Pesian
*Bahram Aryana References used
"The following reference was used for the above writing: "Iran in the last 3 Centuries" by Alireza Avsati. Published Tehran, 2003. Vol1 ISBN 964-93406-6-1 Vol2 ISBN 964-93406-5-3"
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