Iran-Iraq War Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies بنیاد مطالعات ایران Sun, 10 Jul 2022 23:42:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://fis-iran.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-Dark-w-Color-1-32x32.png Iran-Iraq War Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies 32 32 Mohaqqeqi, General Ahmad Ali https://fis-iran.org/oral-history/mohaqqeqi-general-ahmad-ali/ Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:07:25 +0000 https://fisiran.org/oral-history/mohaqqeqi-general-ahmad-ali/ Recollections of childhood and early career; employment with SAVAK; recollections of Generals Teymur Bakhtiyar and Hasan Pakravan; on General Bakhtiyar’s removal from SAVAK; on SAVAK’s mode of operation; on the...

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]]> Recollections of childhood and early career; employment with SAVAK; recollections of Generals Teymur Bakhtiyar and Hasan Pakravan; on General Bakhtiyar’s removal from SAVAK; on SAVAK’s mode of operation; on the events of 1963-64, and General Pakravan’s intercession with the Shah on behalf of Ayatollah Khomeini; on the causes of the Revolution of 1978-79; on the top echelon of the military’s mismanagement of the political crisis of 1978-79; recollection of the debates within the armed forces on the choice of action to quell the civil unrest; on how revolutionary forces took control of the cities; on the armed forces’ decision to declare itself neutral; on charges of collusion between a number of the military commanders and the revolutionary forces; on General Gholam Ali Oveysi’s activities in exile and plans for an armed opposition to the revolutionary order; on the structure and mode of operation of the State Gendarmerie.

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