Abdol Ali Badrei
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Abdol Ali Badrei was an Iranian lieutenant general and the last commander of the Imperial Iranian Army and the Imperial Guard. He was one of the hardline senior military officers and was assassinated
Abdolali Badrei
Gholam Ali Oveissi
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Gholam-Ali Oveissi was an Iranian general and the Chief Commander of the Imperial Iranian Ground Forces under Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He is regarded as one of the most powerful and adept military gener
Abdol Ali Badrei
…Shahpour Bakhtiar. Instead of being reprimanded by the Shah due to these remarks, he was named commander of the ground forces on 10 January, succeeding Gholam Ali Oveissi, who had resigned from office and left Iran. Badrei formed a group to carry a military coup on 10 February, just before the Iranian revolution. He…
General Oveissi, c. 1970s