He was an Iranian four-star general and the Chief Commander of the Imperial Iranian Armed Forces under Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He was the last general to head the Imperial Army of Iran. He is regarded as one of the most powerful and adept military generals in Iran’s modern history. In January 1979, he was pressured to resign and leave the country. He settled in France just before the Iranian revolution on February 11. He took charge of Iranian counter-revolutionary activities. In the aftermath of the revolution, Ayatollah Sadegh Khalkhali, a religious judge and then chairman of the Revolutionary Court informed the press that the death sentence was made on the members of the Pahlavi family and former Shah officials, including Oveissi. He was assassinated, along with his brother, Gholam Hossein, on February 7, 1984 in Paris. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the assassination.
He was an Iranian four-star general and the Chief Commander of the Imperial Iranian Armed Forces under Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He was the last general to head the Imperial Army of Iran. He is regarded as one of the most powerful and adept military generals in Iran’s modern history. In January 1979, he was pressured to resign and leave the country. He settled in France just before the Iranian revolution on February 11. He took charge of Iranian counter-revolutionary activities. In the aftermath of the revolution, Ayatollah Sadegh Khalkhali, a religious judge and then chairman of the Revolutionary Court informed the press that the death sentence was made on the members of the Pahlavi family and former Shah officials, including Oveissi. He was assassinated, along with his brother, Gholam Hossein, on February 7, 1984 in Paris. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the assassination.
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