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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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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
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army's "neutrality" as the only reasonable solution given the circumstances in order to prevent further bloodshed, calling
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origin. He served as the gendarmerie commander until 1979. When the
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Gharabaghi died in Paris in 2000. He is buried in the
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January of that year between U.S. General
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Rebecca Cann; Constantine
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Memory Lane: Looking Back At The Road To
Revolution
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