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In his first book, Gharabaghi expresses his strong support for and loyalty to the Shah and paints a detailed picture of the chaos within the military ranks during the final days of the government, placing the blame on Prime Minister Bakhtiar for its collapse. He justifies his decision to declare the
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Gharabaghi was appointed chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces on 7 January 1979. His job entailed defending the monarchy until the Shah left Iran and then supporting the new civilian government led by
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planned to carry out a coup to stabilize the turmoil in the country. However, the idea failed as it was not backed by other senior military officials, including Gharabaghi.
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army's "neutrality" as the only reasonable solution given the circumstances in order to prevent further bloodshed, calling Bakhtiar a traitor.
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were organized by Gharabaghi. He further accused Gharabaghi of being a traitor.
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In December 1979, a report outlined the exiled Shah's belief that the
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origin. He served as the gendarmerie commander until 1979. When the
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Gharabaghi published his account of the revolution in his books
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Gharabaghi died in Paris in 2000. He is buried in the
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earlier in January of that year between U.S. General
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Rebecca Cann; Constantine Danopoulos (Winter 1997).
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Index

Timsar

Minister of Interior
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Jafar Sharif-Emami
Gholam-Reza Azhari
Asadollah Nasr Esfahani
Shapour Bakhtiar
Member of Regency Council
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Tabriz
Sublime State of Persia
Paris
Alma mater
Pahlavi Iran
Imperial State of Iran
Imperial Iranian Army

General
Iranian Armed Forces
Second World War
Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
Iran crisis of 1946

Père Lachaise Cemetery
Arteshbod
Persian
Iranian Imperial Army
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Shah

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