Ali Motazed

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]

Timsar
Ali Motazed
Ambassadors of Iran to Syria
In office
August 1978 – 11 February 1979
MonarchMohammad Reza Pahlavi
Preceded byMohammad Poursartip
Succeeded byAbdulrahim Gawahi
Deputy head of SAVAK
In office
1973 – 6 June 1978
MonarchMohammad Reza Pahlavi
Prime MinisterJamshid Amouzegar
Preceded byHossein Fardoust
Succeeded byParviz Sabeti
Personal details
Born
Ali Nakhjiri Esfahani

Isfahan
Alma materIranian Military Academy
Military service
AllegianceIran
Branch/serviceImperial Iranian Armed Forces
Rank Major general
CommandsSAVAK

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
  1. Bomati, Yves; Nahavandi, Houchang (2019). Mohammad Réza Pahlavi. Place des éditeurs. ISBN 9782262079819.
  2. Reisinezhad, Arash (2018). The Shah of Iran, the Iraqi Kurds, and the Lebanese Shia. Springer International Publishing. p. 48. ISBN 9783319899473.
  3. Collard, Elizabeth (1978). Middle East Economic Digest. Vol. 22. Middle East Economic Digest, Limited. p. 44.
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