Taghi Riahi

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Minister of National Defence
In office
31 March 1979 – 18 September 1979
Prime MinisterMehdi Bazargan
DeputyEzatollah Nourani[1]
Preceded byAhmad Madani
Succeeded byMostafa Chamran

Taghi Riahi (

Iranian Imperial Army
.

Biography

Riahi was born in Chaleshtar in 1911.[2] He graduated from the Academy of Arts in Tehran.[2] Then he attended the officer's college and was sent to France for further studies in mechanics and military sciences together with a group of students.[2] Following graduation he joined the Imperial Army.[2] In 1952 he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general.[2]

He was named as Chief of Staff of the Army appointed by Prime Minister

New York Times:[5]

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.

Although Riahi was sentenced to death, he was released from the prison after three years.[2] Then he involved in business.[2]

After the

minister of national defence for a short time.[2][6] Following the end of his tenure Riani went to France and died in Nice in 1989.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Commander of Air Force changed". Kayhan (10779). 11 August 1979 – via University of Manchester Library.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Morteza Mir Hosseini. "مرگ سرتيپ رياحي". Etemad (in Persian). Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  3. ^ Ahmed S. Hashim (Fall 2012). "The Iranian Military in Politics, Revolution and War, Part Two". Middle East Policy Council. XIX (3).
  4. ^ "List of Persons", Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954. Iran, vol. X, Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, United States Department of State, retrieved 15 January 2017
  5. ^ "The C.I.A. in Iran: First Few Days Look Disastrous". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  6. ISBN 0-8330-0777-7
    , retrieved 15 January 2017

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