Ali Motazed
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Ali Motazed | |
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| Ambassadors of Iran to Syria | |
| In office August 1978 – 11 February 1979 | |
| Monarch | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Poursartip |
| Succeeded by | Abdulrahim Gawahi |
| Deputy head of SAVAK | |
| In office 1973 – 6 June 1978 | |
| Monarch | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
| Prime Minister | Jamshid Amouzegar |
| Preceded by | Hossein Fardoust |
| Succeeded by | Parviz Sabeti |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ali Nakhjiri Esfahani Isfahan |
| Alma mater | Iranian Military Academy |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Iran |
| Branch/service | Imperial Iranian Armed Forces |
| Rank |  Major general |
| Commands | SAVAK |
Ali Motazed (Persian: علی معتضد), also known as Ali Nakhjiri Esfahani (Persian: علی نخجیری اصفهانی), was Deputy head of SAVAK during the reign of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.[1]
Ali Motazed spent his primary and secondary school years in Isfahan and Nezam High School. In 1934, he entered the officer's college and in 1937, he graduated with the rank of second lieutenant in the field of artillery. Motazed served in the army headquarters until Pakravan's over Director of SAVAK, after which he was assigned to SAVAK and became the head of SAVAK's foreign intelligence service.[2] He remained in this position throughout the 1960s. On June 8, 1978, when Nematollah Nassiri replaced with Nasser Moghaddam, he resigned from the position of SAVAK deputy and was sent to Syria as an ambassador.[3]
Sources
[edit]- ^ Bomati, Yves; Nahavandi, Houchang (2019). Mohammad Réza Pahlavi. Place des éditeurs. ISBN 9782262079819.
- ^ Reisinezhad, Arash (2018). The Shah of Iran, the Iraqi Kurds, and the Lebanese Shia. Springer International Publishing. p. 48. ISBN 9783319899473.
- ^ Collard, Elizabeth (1978). Middle East Economic Digest. Vol. 22. Middle East Economic Digest, Limited. p. 44.
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