Nematollah Nassiri

Akbar Mash’uf

Son of Mohammad Nassiri (Amidolmamlek), Nematollah Nassiri was born in Semnan, 1900. His mother was Zarin Taj khanum. Following his elementary education he was graduated from military school as second Lieutenant and became the eighth student among forty two students. He became the commander of heavy machine gun band, the company commander of officers’ college, deputy to supplementary college, second battalion commander of Kerman 18th regiment, commander of Sirjan independent battalion, commander of officer’s college infantry, commander of supplementary course and deputy of officers’ college infantry, the chief of military police central staff, commander of infantry college, commander of Pahlavi infantry regiment, and then as a colonel he was promoted the commander of royal guard., As the commander of royal guard, he had mission to announce the Shah’s order on removing Dr. Mohammad Mossaddeq from premiership and appointing major general Zahedi instead, Aug. 13th 1953. He returned from Ramsar to Tehran to deliver the order, but on midway returning from Dr. Mossaddeq’s, he was arrested by brigadier general Riahi, then the chief of staff and was sent to prison.

Subsequent to 19th August coup, the military men occupied the prisons and let the prisoners free, Nassiri being one of them who managed to free some members of the royal guard imprisoned in the military post. Then he participated in an attack to Dr. Mossaddeq’s house. For his services to the Shah, he was promoted brigadier general through an order by the Shah from Rome. He became major general, 1958, deputy to adjutant general, October 1960, and the chief of Iran’s police, in December of the same year. He was promoted lieutenant general August 1962, and the military governor of Tehran to repress the movement of Iranians led by Imam Khomeini. The main goal of the martial law was to arrest the political activists, to suppress the protesters, and prevent the gatherings of people at night times, to collect the dead bodies and to transfer them to specific places so that the number of the people who lost their lives would not become known to all.

Following the suppression of June 7th, 1963 rising, he ordered for detaining of Tayyeb for his not collaborating with the police in closing the grocery market of Tehran. In prison, they gave a written text before him to sign. It was written on behalf of Tayyeb saying that he taken some money from Imam Khomeini, in case he was arrested by the police, he should distribute the money among people so that they would participate in street demonstrations in favor of Imam Khomeini. Tayyeb did not agree to sign the confession. Hajj Esmail Rezai also did not accept to sign the paper. So the court of first instance found them guilty and condemned them to death which was approved in the court of appeal. Eventually they were executed by firing squad in the Heshmatieh garrison.

Nassiri became deputy prime minister and the head of intelligence and security organization, Feb. 1964. He was promoted field martial in 1st October 1952. The whole period of his office in that organization was very harsh in the arrest, torture and the wild suppression of the opponents of the Pahlavi regime. However, on the rise of Islamic Revolution, the Shah removed him from his office, and he became Iranian ambassador to Pakistan. Again he was removed from his office and was recalled to Tehran. He was detained in Nov. 7th 1978, and was executed four days after the success of the Islamic revolution.

Nassiri received about sixty orders from domestic and foreign centers. He married twice, his wives being Parvin Nassiri and Zoleikha Khalvati. He had a son, MohammadReza and a daughter, Zarin Naz.
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