"[12] In August 1978, Rabii indirectly urged Moshe Dayan, the foreign minister of Israel, to meet the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and to tell him the increasing tension in Iran.

[14] In the military cabinet formed by Gholam Reza Azhari Rabii served as an acting minister of housing briefly from November to December 1978.

[16] In addition, both Toufanian and Rabii tended to carry out a coup to stabilize the turmoil in the country, but their idea was not backed by other senior military officials, including General Abbas Gharabaghi.

[18] Rabii was one of the military officials who met Robert Huyser, the deputy commander of US forces in Europe, during the latter's visit to Iran from 4 January to 3 February 1979.

[7] In an intelligence report by the USA Defense Department dated 13 February 1975 Rabii was described as a warm, open and humorous Muslim, but not a strict religious person.

[27] Special press conferences were organized by the Islamic regime to publicly display these officials, including former Prime Minister Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, former SAVAK chief Nematollah Nasiri and Rabii, which were broadcast nationally.

[29] He and nine other civil and military officials were executed by the security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Qasr prison of Tehran on 9 April 1979.