Lieutenant general Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi (; 1884–1965) was an Iranian military leader and cabinet Minister of

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. Born in 1884 in

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, of an aristocratic Persian family, he was one of the planners of the coup d'état of Reza Pahlavi, Colonel

Mohammad Taqi Pessian Mohammad-Taqi Khan Pessian (; 1892 – 3 October 1921), more commonly known as Colonel Pessian, was an Iranian gendarme, fighter pilot and warlord who formed and led the short-lived Autonomous Government of Khorasan in 1921. He was killed in a Ba ...

, his brother-in-law General Heydaygholi Pessian and

Seyyed Zia'eddin Tabatabaee Seyyed Zia al-Din Tabataba'i Yazdi (; June 1889 – 29 August 1969) was an Iranian journalist and pro-Constitution politician who, with the help of Reza Shah, spearheaded the 1921 Persian coup d'état and aimed to reform Qajar rule, which was ...

against the

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. He is the first person to receive the rank of "sepahbod" (corps general or lieutenant general) under

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. He and his brother-in-law Heydargholli Pessian had planned to create a more democratic Iran but he later told his sister that 'the British would not allow it'. He served as Minister of War in the cabinet of

Ali Soheili Ali Soheili (; 1895 – 1 May 1958) was an Iranian diplomat. He served as Prime Minister of Iran for two terms in the early 1940s. Biography Soheili was born in Tabriz in 1895. He studied at Saint Louis school in Tehran. Soheili served as p ...

in 1942, and

Abdolhossein Hazhir Abdolhossein Hazhir (‎; 4 June 1902 – 5 November 1949) was an Iranian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Iran under Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980) was the last List of ...

in 1948. Following the departure of Reza Shah from Iran, Amir-Ahmadi became the minister of interior in Foroughi's cabinet, and then in Qavam-os-saltaneh and Soheili's cabinets he was the minister of war. Military governor of Tehran, commandant of the central garrison and the inspector of army were among his many responsibilities. After his retirement he entered the Senate as an appointed senator. He died of cancer in 1965. He also served as Senator in the

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. It was said he was the only man Reza Pahlavi truly respected and feared. His sister was married into the Pessian family, and after the assassination of

Colonel Pessian Mohammad-Taqi Khan Pessian (; 1892 – 3 October 1921), more commonly known as Colonel Pessian, was an Iranian gendarme, fighter pilot and warlord who formed and led the short-lived Autonomous Government of Khorasan in 1921. He was killed in a ...

, she arranged for his body to be hidden from Reza Pahlavi. He played a leading role in the suppression of

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i revolts in 1920s and 1930s. The brutality reported at the time was later proved to be manufactured as had other reports of brutality.

References

*'Alí Rizā Awsatí (عليرضا اوسطى), ''Iran in the Past Three Centuries'' (''Irān dar Se Qarn-e Goz̲ashteh'' – ايران در سه قرن گذشته), Volumes 1 and 2 (Paktāb Publishing – انتشارات پاکتاب, Tehran, Iran, 2003). (Vol. 1), (Vol. 2). {{DEFAULTSORT:Amir-Ahmadi, Ahmad 1884 births 1965 deaths Imperial Iranian Army lieutenant generals Defence ministers of Iran Members of the Senate of Iran Politicians from Isfahan 20th-century Iranian military personnel People of Qajar Iran Military personnel from Isfahan Iranian military personnel of World War II

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