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Interview with Hashemi-Nejad, General Mohsen

Date

March 23, 1982; April 12 and 19, and May 3 and 17, 1989

Location

Bethesda, Maryland
Washington, D.C.

Interviewer

Nasr, Vali
Zonis, Marvin

Language

Persian

Abstract

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Transcripts

hashemi-nejad_general

Contents

As commanding officer of the Imperial Guard and the General Adjutant of the Shah; Structure and duties of the Imperial Guard; Shah's pattern of decision-making; Iranian military's capabilities at the time of the revolution; Effects of the Shah's illness on his decision-making.

About the interviewee

Hashemi-Nejad, General Mohsen

Commander of the Imperial Guard; General Adjutant to the Shah