Nasser Moghaddam | |
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Director of SAVAK | |
In office 7 June 1978 – 12 February 1979 Leave of absence: 13 January 1979 – 11 February 1979 | |
Monarch | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
Prime Minister | Jamshid Amouzegar Jafar Sharif-Emami Gholam Reza Azhari Shapour Bakhtiar |
Preceded by | Nematollah Nassiri |
Succeeded by | position abolished |
Deputy Prime Minister of Iran | |
Monarch | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
Director of Counterintelligence Department of Second Bureau | |
Monarch | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
Preceded by | Azizollah Palizban |
Succeeded by | Parviz Amini Afshar |
SAVAK Director, counter-terrorism division Acting Deputy director of SAVAK | |
Monarch | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
Preceded by | Mustafa Amjadi Hossein Fardoust |
Succeeded by | Parviz Sabeti Ali Motazed |
Personal details | |
Born | 24 June 1921 Tehran, Sublime State of Persia |
Died | 11 April 1979 Tehran, Iran | (aged 57)
Alma mater | University of Tehran |
Military service | |
Branch/service | Ground Forces |
Years of service | 1941–1979 |
Rank | Lieutenant general |
Commands | Second Bureau SAVAK |
Lieutenant General Nasser Moghaddam (Persian: ناصر مقدم; 24 June 1921 – 11 April 1979)[1] was an Iranian military officer who served as the fourth and final chief of SAVAK from 6 June 1978 to 12 February 1979. He assumed the position after the arrest of General Nematollah Nassiri in 1978, following an order issued by the Shah. Moghaddam, along with Nassri and Nassiri's predecessor, Hassan Pakravan, was found guilty of corruption and subsequently sentenced to death on 11 March 1979, in accordance with the order of Ayatollah Khomeini.[2]