Taghi Riahi

Taghi Riahi (Persian: تقی ریاحی‎) was an Iranian senior military officer in the Iranian Imperial Army. He served as Chief of Staff of the Army, appointed by Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh[2] and served in the capacity from 1 March to 19 August 1953 coup d'état. From the New York Times:

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.

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Taghi Riahi
Minister of National Defence
In office
2 March 1979 – 18 September 1979
Prime MinisterMehdi Bazargan
DeputyEzatollah Nourani[1]
Preceded byAhmad Madani
Succeeded byMostafa Chamran
Personal details
Born1911
Chaleshtar, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran
DiedAugust 4, 1989(1989-08-04) (aged 78)
Nice, France
Political partyNational Front
Military service
AllegianceIran
Branch/serviceIranian Imperial Army
Years of service1926–1953; 1979
RankBrigadier general
CommandsChief of Staff of the Army
Battles/warsAnglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
1953 Iranian coup d'état

[4] After the revolution, he took office as the Minister of National Defence in the interim government of Mehdi Bazargan.[5]

References
  1. "Commander of Air Force changed". Kayhan (10779). 11 August 1979 – via University of Manchester Library.
  2. Ahmed S. Hashim (Fall 2012), The Iranian Military in Politics, Revolution and War, Part Two, XIX, Middle East Policy Council, retrieved 15 January 2017
  3. https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/world/mideast/041600iran-cia-chapter3.html
  4. "List of Persons", FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1952–1954. IRAN, X, Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, United States Department of State, retrieved 15 January 2017
  5. Nikola B. Schahgaldian, Gina Barkhordarian (March 1987), The Iranian Military Under the Islamic Republic (PDF), RAND, p. 114, ISBN 0-8330-0777-7, retrieved 15 January 2017
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