Sepahbod Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi (1884 – 1974) was a military leader and cabinet Minister of Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

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Born in 1906 in Isfahan

Isfahan (city)

Isfahan , historically also rendered in English as Ispahan, Sepahan or Hispahan, is the capital of Isfahan Province in Iran, located about 340 km south of Tehran. It has a population of 1,583,609, Iran's third largest city after Tehran and Mashhad...

, he is one of the planners of the coup d'état of Reza Pahlavi

Reza Pahlavi

Reza Pahlavi may refer to:*Reza Shah , aka Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Persia from 1925 until 1935 and Shah of Iran from 1935 until 1941* Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , Shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979, son of Reza Shah...

 and Seyyed Zia'eddin Tabatabaee

Seyyed Zia'eddin Tabatabaee

Seyyed Zia'eddin Tabatabaee was an Iranian politician and the Prime Minister of Iran from February to May 1921 under Ahmad Shah, the last Shah of the Qajar dynasty....

 against the Qajar dynasty. He is the first person to receive the rank of "sepahbod" (major general) under Reza Shah Pahlavi.

He served as Minister of War in the cabinet of Ali Soheili

Ali Soheili

Ali Soheili was a Prime Minister of Iran.Born in Tabriz, he served as Prime Minister in 1942, and Ambassador to Britain in 1953.The Tehran Conference took place during his administration....

 in 1942, and Abdolhosein Hazhir in 1948.

He also served as Senator in the Majlis

Majlis

' , is an Arabic term meaning "a place of sitting", used in the context of "council", to describe various types of special gatherings among common interest groups be it administrative, social or religious in countries with linguistic or cultural connections to Islamic countries...

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It was said he was the only man Reza Pahlavi truly respected and feared. His sister was married into the Pessian family, and after the assassination of Colonel Pessian, she arranged for his body to be hidden from Reza Pahlavi.

See also

• Pahlavi Dynasty
  Pahlavi dynasty
  The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi (reg. 1925–1941) and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty ...
  
  
• Amir Abdollah Tahmasebi
  Amir Abdollah Tahmasebi
  Abdollah Khan Amir Tahmasebi was a senior military commander, instrumental in the fall of the Qajar dynasty and rise to power of Reza Shah Pahlavi....
  
  
• Sar-Lashkar Muhammad-Hussein Ayrom
• Abdolhossein Teymourtash
• Sar Lashgar Buzarjomehri
• Mahmud Khan Puladeen
  Mahmud Khan Puladeen
  Major General Mahmud Khan Pulādeen was a senior military leader of the Reza Shah Pahlavi era.In 1921, he served as personal guard to Seyyed Zia'eddin Tabatabaee...
  
  
• Amanullah Jahanbani
  Amanullah Jahanbani
  Sepahbod Amanullah Jahanbani was a senior general of Reza Shah Pahlavi.At the age of 10, Jahānbāni was sent to St. Petersburg for schooling, and returned to Iran as a ranked military officer in World War I. During a second trip, after completing his studies in Europe, he continued climbing in...
  
  
• Colonel Pessian
• Bahram Aryana
  Bahram Aryana
  Artesh-Boad Bahram Aryana was a top Iranian military commander in the during the reign of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.He was educated at École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr, and was instrumental in many of the nationalist policies in the 1950-1960s...