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Teymur Bakhtiar | |
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| Born | 1914 Shahr-e Kord, Sublime State of Persia |
| Died | 12 July 1970 (aged 55–56) Baghdad, Ba'athist Iraq |
| Buried | Imam Ali Shrine, Najaf, Iraq |
| Service | Ground Forces |
| Years of service | 1933–1960 |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Commands | SAVAK |
| Battles / wars | Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran Azerbaijan revolt |
| Alma mater | Saint-Cyr |
Teymur Bakhtiar (Persian: تیمور بختیار; 1914 – 12 August 1970) was an Iranian general and the founder and head of SAVAK from 1956 to 1961 when he was dismissed by the Shah. In 1970, SAVAK agents assassinated him in Iraq.[1][2]
He was an asset in the British military network in Iran.[3][4]
- ^ میلانی، عباس. نگاهی به شاه. تورنتو. انتشارات پرشین سیرکل. 2013. ص 400 [Milani, Abbas. 2011. The Shah. Macmillan Publishers. p 399].
- ^ "The explanation of one of the heads of the Iranian Security Organization about the murder of Teymuor Bakhtiar". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ Ervand Abrahamian (2013), The Coup: 1953, the CIA, and the roots of modern U.S.–Iranian relations, New York: New Press, pp. 151–152, ISBN 978-1-59558-826-5
- ^ Mark J. Gasiorowski (November 1993), "The Qarani Affair and Iranian Politics", International Journal of Middle East Studies, 25 (4): 625–644, doi:10.1017/S0020743800059298, JSTOR 164538, S2CID 154722900