Gholam Reza Azhari

Arteshbod Gholam Reza Azhari (Persian: غلامرضا ازهاری; 18 February 1912 – 5 November 2001) was an Iranian military leader who served as the 39th and penultimate Prime Minister of Iran under the reign of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

[2] He was appointed chief of staff of Iran's armed forces in 1971 and his tenure lasted until 1978.

[11] His cabinet was composed of nine members:[12][13] However, it is also reported that the government was of eleven men and six of them were military officers.

[8] After leaving office he went to the US in January 1979 for heart surgery at Bethesda Naval Hospital.

[8] In the immediate 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 passed on the members of the Pahlavi dynasty and the Shah's former officials, including Azhari.

Azhari in 1978