Nematollah Nassiri

Nematollah Nassiri
Deputy Prime Minister of Iran
and Director of the SAVAK
In office
26 January 1965 – 6 June 1978
MonarchMohammad Reza Pahlavi
Prime MinisterAmir-Abbas Hoveyda
Jamshid Amouzegar
Preceded byHassan Pakravan
Succeeded byNasser Moghaddam
Personal details
Born4 August 1910
Semnan, Sublime State of Persia
Died15 February 1979(1979-02-15) (aged 68)
Refah School, Tehran, Iran
Spouse(s)Parvin Khadjavi (divorced)
Zoleikha Khalvati
Children2
Parent(s)Mohammad Amid od-Molk
Zarin Taj
Military service
AllegianceImperial State of Iran
Branch/serviceImperial Guard
Years of service1931–1978
RankGeneral

Nematollah Nassiri (Persian: نعمت‌الله نصیری; 4 August 1910[1] – 15 February 1979) was an Iranian military officer who served as the director of SAVAK, the Iranian intelligence agency during the rule of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, and later the Ambassador of Iran to Pakistan. He was one of the 438 individuals who were arrested and executed in 1979 following the Iranian Revolution.[2]

  1. ^ "ارتشبد نعمت الله نصیری؛ تاجر امنیتی در ساواک | رویداد24".
  2. ^ "Nematollah Nasiri: One Person's Story". Human Rights & Democracy for Iran. Retrieved 15 September 2018.