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]

Ali Motazed
علی معتضد
Ambassadors of Iran to Syria
In office
August 1978  11 February 1979
MonarchMohammad Reza Pahlavi
Prime MinisterJamshid Amouzegar
Jafar Sharif-Emami
Gholam Reza Azhari
Shapour Bakhtiar
Preceded byMohammad Poursartip
Succeeded byEbrahim Ghaleh-Beigi
Deputy Director of SAVAK
In office
19 April 1973  6 June 1978
MonarchMohammad Reza Pahlavi
Prime MinisterAmir-Abbas Hoveyda
Jamshid Amouzegar
Preceded byNasser Moghaddam
Succeeded byParviz Sabeti
Personal details
BornAli Nakhjiri Esfahani
(1912-09-23)23 September 1912
Died2000(2000-00-00) (aged 87–88)
Iranian Military Academy
Military service
AllegiancePahlavi Iran Pahlavi Iran
Branch/serviceGround Forces
Years of service
1934–1979
Rank Major general

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

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  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.