Gholam Ali Oveisi
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Gholam Ali Oveisi (1918 - died 8 February 1984[1]) was an Iranian general during the Pahlavi dynasty, prior to the 1979 Iranian Revolution. On September 7, the Shah appointed Oveisi, then-chief of army staff, as the military governor of the capital city, Tehran.[2]
Following the deposing of Emperor Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Oveisi was one of several Iranian generals who undertook to gain support for a counter-revolution against the new Iranian government in the United States, other Western countries, and the Muslim world. Along with other deposed generals such as Reza Keyvani and Bahram Aryana, Oveisi sought out allies, such as Iran's enemy, Baathist Iraq.[3]
Oveisi was assassinated, along with his brother, on 8 February 1984 in Paris.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b English-Persian History Glossary at Fouman.com[unreliable source?]
- ^ "The Iranian Revolution url=http://www.fsmitha.com/h2/ch29ir.html". MacroHistory: World History.
- ^ Sasan Fayazmanesh (2008). The United States and Iran: sanctions, wars and the policy of dual containment. Psychology Press. pp. 20–. ISBN 978-0-415-77396-6. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
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