Fazlollah Zahedi

Fazlollah Zahedi
Fazlollah Zahedi
فضل‌الله زاهدی
	Zahedi in 1954
36th Prime Minister of Iran
	In office; 19 August 1953 – 7 April 1955
Monarch	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Preceded by	Mohammad Mosaddegh
Succeeded by	Hossein Ala'
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 7 April 1953 – 29 April 1953
Prime Minister	Mohammad Mosaddegh
Preceded by	Abdol-Hossein Meftah
Succeeded by	Abdullah Entezam
Minister of Interior
	In office; 28 April 1951 – 5 August 1951
Prime Minister	Mohammad Mosaddegh
Preceded by	Hossein Ala'
Succeeded by	Amirteymour Kalali
Personal details
Born	17 May 1892; Hamedan, Iran
Died	2 September 1963 (aged 71); Geneva, Switzerland
Resting place	Zahedi Family Tomb, Imamzadeh Abdollah, Ray, Iran
Spouse	Khadijeh Pirnia ol-Moluk (divorced)
Children	2, including Ardeshir Zahedi
Relatives	Hossein Pirnia (father-in-law)
Military service
Allegiance	Sublime State of Persia; (1910–1925); Imperial State of Iran; (1925–1941; 1945–53)
Branch/service	Imperial Iranian Army
Years of service	1910–1941; 1945–1953
Rank	Lieutenant General
Battles/wars	Jungle Movement rebellion; Simko Shikak revolt; Simko Shikak revolt (1926); Second World War Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran; ;
Awards	Order of Sepah; Order of Merit; Order of the Crown; Order of Zolfaghar;

Fazlollah Zahedi (Persian: فضل‌الله زاهدی, romanized: Fazlollāh Zāhedi, pronounced [fæzlol.lɒ́ːʰ zɒːheˈdiː]; 17 May 1892 – 2 September 1963) was an Iranian military officer and statesman who replaced the Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh through a coup d'état supported by the United States and the United Kingdom.