Abdol Hossein Hejazi

Hejazi was born in 1904.^[1] He graduated from École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr in France.^[2] He was a major general.^[3] Following the proclamation of the martial law on 20 March 1951 after the approval of the nationalization of oil by the Senate he was appointed military governor.^[4] Hejazi was also made the chief of police on the same date replacing General Mohammad Faftari who had resigned from the post.^[4]

He served as the head of the military college until August 1952 when he was removed from the post.^[3] The reason for Hejazi's removal was his alliance with Fazlollah Zahedi who was a retired military officer and senator and a rival of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh.^[3] Another reason was his involvement in the alleged coup plot against Mosaddegh.^[3] On 13 October 1952 an arrest warrant was issued for Hejazi, Assadollah Rashidian, his brother and others.^[3] They were arrested, but were soon released.^[5]

Following the removal of Mohammad Mosaddegh, Hejazi returned to the army and served as the commanding general of the 3rd corps of the Imperial Iranian Army.^[6] He was named as a military adviser to the Mohammad Reza Shah in September 1953.^[6] Hejazi was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in 1958 and then to the rank of full general.^[1][2] Hejazi also served as the ambassador of Imperial Iran to Pakistan.^[1][2]

Hejazi committed suicide in 1969.^[1][2] The Iranian newspapers of the period reported his death as "while cleaning his gun, a bullet suddenly came out of the barrel and killed him [Hejazi]."^[1]

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