Fazlollah Zahedi President

Fazlollah Zahedi (Persian: فضل الله زاهدی) (c. 1897- 2 September [or 1 September] 1963) was an Iranian general and statesman who replaced democratically elected Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh through a western-backed coup d'état, in which he played a major role.

Personal facts

Fazlollah Zahedi
Alias (AKA)Zahedi Mohammad Fazlollah (full name)
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1897
Birth place
Iran , Hamedan
Religion
Shia Islam
Date of deathSeptember 02, 1963
Place of death
Geneva , Switzerland

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Politician

military rank
General officer
monarch
party
Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran
prime minister
service start1920
service end1963
successor

Topical connections

Abdol Majid MirzaPresident
Abbas MirzaRoyalty
Rezā ShāhRoyalty
Ahmad QavamPresident
Mohammad Reza PahlaviRoyalty

Fazlollah Zahedi on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://partners.nytimes.com/library/world/mideast/082053iran-army.html
  2. http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/mideast/041600iran-cia-index.html
  3. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/17/AR2010081704944.html
  4. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/16/how-the-shah-came-to-power
  5. http://www.zahedi.info
  6. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.152353624906377.37128.151836284958111&type=3
  7. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.156239737851099.38366.151836284958111&type=3