Nematollah Nassiri | |
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Deputy Prime Minister of Iran and Director of the SAVAK | |
In office 26 January 1965 – 6 June 1978 | |
Monarch | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
Prime Minister | Amir-Abbas Hoveyda Jamshid Amouzegar |
Preceded by | Hassan Pakravan |
Succeeded by | Nasser Moghaddam |
Personal details | |
Born | 4 August 1910 Semnan, Sublime State of Persia |
Died | 15 February 1979 Refah School, Tehran, Iran | (aged 68)
Spouse(s) | Parvin Khadjavi (divorced) Zoleikha Khalvati |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Mohammad Amid od-Molk Zarin Taj |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Imperial State of Iran |
Branch/service | Imperial Guard |
Years of service | 1931–1978 |
Rank | General |
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]