Fazlollah Zahedi

Fazlollah Zahedi
63rd Prime Minister of Iran
In office 19 August 1953 – 7 April 1955
Monarch	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Preceded by	Mohammad Mosaddegh
Succeeded by	Hossein Ala'
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 7 April 1953 – 29 April 1953
Prime Minister	Mohammad Mosaddegh
Preceded by	Abdol-Hossein Meftah
Succeeded by	Abdullah Entezam
Minister of Interior
In office 28 April 1951 – 5 August 1951
Prime Minister	Mohammad Mosaddegh
Preceded by	Hossein Ala'
Succeeded by	Amirteymour Kalali
Personal details
Born	1897 Hamedan, Iran
Died	2 September 1963 (aged 65 or 66) Geneva, Switzerland
Spouse(s)	Motamen Molk
Children	Ardeshir Homa
Religion	Islam
Military service
Allegiance	IAI
Years of service	1920–1953 1956–1963
Rank	General
Awards	Order of Zolfaghar

Fazlollah Zahedi (Persian: فضل‌الله زاهدی‎, translit. Fazlollāh Zāhedi‎, pronounced [fæzloɫˈɫɒːh zɒːheˈdiː]) (c. 1897- 2 September [or 1 September] 1963) was an Iranian general and statesman who replaced democratically elected Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh through a coup d'état, in which he played a major role.

Born in Hamedan in 1897, Fazlollah Zahedi was the son of Abol Hassan "Bassir Diwan" Zahedi, a wealthy land owner at the city of Hamedan. During his service at the Imperial Russian-trained Iranian Cossack Brigade, one of his military superiors was Reza Khan, who later became the Iranian monarch. Zahedi was among the officers dispatched to Gilan to put an end to the Jangal movement of Mirza Kuchak Khan. At the age of 23, as a company commander, Zahedi led troops into battle against rebel tribesmen in the northern provinces. Two years later Reza Shah promoted him to the rank of brigadier general.

He was also involved in the overthrow of Seyyed Zia'eddin Tabatabaee's government in 1920. It was Colonel Zahedi who arrested Sheikh Khaz'al Khan and brought him to Tehran.

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