Taghi Riahi
Timsar Taghi Riahi | |
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Minister of National Defence | |
In office 31 March 1979 – 18 September 1979 | |
Prime Minister | Mehdi Bazargan |
Deputy | Ezatollah Nourani[1] |
Preceded by | Ahmad Madani |
Succeeded by | Mostafa Chamran |
Personal details | |
Born | 1911 Chaleshtar, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran |
Died | August 4, 1989 Nice, France | (aged 78)
Political party | National Front |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Iran |
Branch/service | Iranian Imperial Army |
Years of service | 1926–1953; 1979 |
Rank | Brigadier general |
Commands | Chief of Staff of the Army |
Battles/wars | Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran 1953 Iranian coup d'état |
Taghi Riahi (Persian: تقی ریاحی) was an Iranian senior military officer in the Iranian Imperial Army. He served as Chief of Staff of the Army appointed by Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh[2] and served in the capacity from 1 March to 19 August 1953 coup d'état.[3] From the New York Times:[4]
The operation, the secret history says, "still might have succeeded in spite of this advance warning had not most of the participants proved to be inept or lacking in decision at the critical juncture." Dr. Mossadegh's chief of staff, Gen. Taghi Riahi, learned of the plot hours before it was to begin and sent his deputy to the barracks of the Imperial Guard. The deputy was arrested there, according to the history, just as pro-shah soldiers were fanning out across the city arresting other senior officials.
After the revolution, he took office as the Minister of National Defence in the interim government led by Mehdi Bazargan.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Commander of Air Force changed". Kayhan (10779). 11 August 1979 – via University of Manchester Library.
- ^ Ahmed S. Hashim (Fall 2012). "The Iranian Military in Politics, Revolution and War, Part Two". Middle East Policy Council. XIX (3).
- ^ "List of Persons", FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1952–1954. IRAN, X, Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, United States Department of State, retrieved 15 January 2017
- ^ "The C.I.A. in Iran: First Few Days Look Disastrous". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ Nikola B. Schahgaldian, Gina Barkhordarian (March 1987), The Iranian Military Under the Islamic Republic (PDF), RAND, p. 114, ISBN 0-8330-0777-7, retrieved 15 January 2017
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