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Abdol Hossein Hejazi
Born1904
Died1969(1969-00-00) (aged 64–65)
Service / branchIranian Armed Forces
RankGeneral officer

Abdol Hossein Hejazi (1904–1969) was an Iranian military officer who served as the commander of the Imperial Iranian Army's Ground Forces between 1958 and 1960.

Biography

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Hejazi was born in 1904.[1] He graduated from École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr in France.[2] He was a major general.[3] Following the proclamation of the martial law on 20 March 1951 after the approval of the nationalization of oil by the Senate he was appointed military governor.[4] Hejazi was also made the chief of police on the same date replacing General Mohammad Faftari who had resigned from the post.[4]

He served as the head of the military college until August 1952 when he was removed from the post.[3] The reason for Hejazi's removal was his alliance with Fazlollah Zahedi who was a retired military officer and senator and a rival of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh.[3] Another reason was his involvement in the alleged coup plot against Mosaddegh.[3] On 13 October 1952 an arrest warrant was issued for Hejazi, Assadollah Rashidian, his brother and others.[3] They were arrested, but were soon released.[5]

Following the removal of Mohammad Mosaddegh Hejazi returned to the army and served as the commanding general of the 3rd corps of the Imperial Iranian Army.[6] He was named as a military adviser to the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in September 1953.[6] Hejazi was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in 1958 and then to the rank of full general.[1][2] Hejazi also served as the ambassador of Pahlavi Iran to Pakistan.[1][2]

Hejazi committed suicide in 1969.[1][2] The Iranian newspapers of the period reported his death as "while cleaning his gun, a bullet suddenly came out of the barrel and killed him [Hejazi]."[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "عبدالحسین حجازی" (in Persian). Rasekhoon. 10 April 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "موضوع: جلسه منزل اسداله رشیدیان" (in Persian). Historic Documents Center. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e Mark J. Gasiorowski (August 1987). "The 1953 Coup D'etat in Iran". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 19 (3): 266. doi:10.1017/S0020743800056737. JSTOR 163655. S2CID 154201459.
  4. ^ a b "Martial Law In Persia". The Times. No. 51955. Tehran. 21 March 1951. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  5. ^ Darioush Bayandor (2010). Iran and the CIA: The Fall of Mosaddeq Revisited. Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 203. ISBN 978-0-230-27730-4.
  6. ^ a b "Foreign relations of the USA". US State Department. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
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Military offices
Preceded by Commander of the Imperial Iranian Ground Force
1958–1960 		Succeeded by
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