(1892-05-17)17 May 1892 Hamedan, Sublime State of Persia
Died
2 September 1963(1963-09-02) (aged 71) Geneva, Switzerland
Resting place
Zahedi Family Tomb, Imamzadeh Abdollah, Ray, Iran
Spouse
Khadijeh Pirnia tol-Moluk (divorced)[1]
Children
2, including Ardeshir Zahedi
Relatives
Hossein Pirnia (father-in-law)
Military service
Allegiance
Imperial Iranian Army
Years of service
1920–1953
Rank
Lieutenant General
Awards
Order of Sepah
Order of Merit
Order of the Crown
Order of Zolfaghar
Fazlollah Zahedi (Persian: فضلالله زاهدی, romanized: Fazlollāh Zāhedi, pronounced [fæzloɫˈɫɒːhzɒːheˈdiː]; 17 May 1892 – 2 September 1963) was an Iranian lieutenant general, statesman, and military strongman who replaced the Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh through a coup d'état supported by the United States and the United Kingdom.
FazlollahZahedi (Persian: فضلالله زاهدی, romanized: FazlollāhZāhedi, pronounced [fæzloɫˈɫɒːh zɒːheˈdiː]; 17 May 1892 – 2 September 1963) was an Iranian...
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1970s. Born in Tehran on 16 October 1928, he was the son of General FazlollahZahedi, who served as prime minister after participating in the CIA-led coup...
failed. Following the initial failed coup by the foreign-backed General FazlollahZahedi, the CIA sent Roosevelt a telegram on 18 August 1953 telling him to...
to dismiss Mosaddegh as prime minister and replace him with General FazlollahZahedi, a choice agreed on by the British and Americans. Despite the high-level...
Germanophile and pro-Nazi Germany tendencies. Founded by Ḥabib-Allāh Nowbaḵt, FazlollahZahedi, and Shams Qanatabadi were among the figures reportedly affiliated...
fled the country but nominated General FazlollahZahedi as the new Prime Minister. Although General FazlollahZahedi was a nationalist, he did not agree...
vote for Fazlollah [Zahedi]". Time magazine reported: Item: a constituency near Kerman beat up the man Zahedi sent there to be elected; Zahedi suspended...
goal was to overthrow Mossadegh with military support from General FazlollahZahedi and install a pro-western regime headed by the Shah of Iran. Kermit...
CIA at the request of the British MI6 which chose Iranian General FazlollahZahedi to succeed Mosaddegh. The 17th Majlis was ultimately dissolved by Mohammad...
became too quiet for his taste, he travelled east to arrest General FazlollahZahedi, at the time the head of the Persian armed forces in the south. The...
the party worked alongside FazlollahZahedi in his opposition to Mossadegh. In 1953, they were part of a large group of Zahedi supporters who marched towards...
Reza were to dismiss both Hossein Ala' and the Prime Minister General FazlollahZahedi. At a Christmas party, Perron and Shahrokh handed Wright a note saying...
replaced Iran's first democratically elected Prime Minister with General FazlollahZahedi; the government fell back into the hands of its disempowered Mohammad...
ostensibly to convince him to journey to Tehran. The commander, General FazlollahZahedi, accompanied by several government officials, met with Khazal and spent...
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gone into exile during the coup, returned to Iran and named General FazlollahZahedi as the new prime minister. Many contemporary sources attribute the...
Minister Mohammad Mossadeq in 1953. A close associate of Prime Minister FazlollahZahedi, he was promoted to military governor of Tehran. One of his first major...
Iran and ending the perceived threat of communist expansion. General FazlollahZahedi, who led the military coup, became prime minister. The operation was...
edict dismissing Mosaddegh and replacing him with retired General FazlollahZahedi, while arresting Mosaddegh and taking over other possible centers of...
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the 1953 Iranian coup d'état, which established pro-Western general FazlollahZahedi as the new PM, and greatly strengthened the political power of Shah...