Hedayatollah Gilanshah (1907–1986) was the commander of the Imperial Iranian Air Force for three terms.
[1] In addition, he was one of the army officers who played an active in the coup against Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in 1953.
[4] He blamed Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh for his early retirement and joined the anti-Mosaddeq officers.
[5] He was part of the pro-British army officers who were planning a coup against the government of Mosaddegh.
[2] Gilanshah was promoted in rank after the coup which had removed Mosaddegh from office and was named as the chief of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's military office.