Mahmoud Afshartous

Mahmoud Afshartous (Persian: محمود افشارطوس) (Azerbaijani: Mahmud Əfşar Tus), also written Afshartoos (1907–24 April 1953), was an Iranian general and chief of police during the government of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh.

Afshartous' mother was Banou Fatemeh Soltan Khanom, from the Zarrinnaal line of the Zarrin Kafsh tribe (local Persian-Kurdish tribal chiefs and officials).

Her father, Agha Mirza Zaman Khan Kordestani, came from Sanandaj in the Iranian province of Kordestān to Nasser al-Din Shah's court.

As a member of the Ardalanic nobility, he was appointed muster-master (lashkar-nevis) of the troops and married Pari Soltan Khanom Pir-Bastami from the Moayyeri clan (a niece of Naser al-Din Shah).

[5] After the Persian Constitutional Revolution during the first decade of the 20th century, Afshartous' father became concerned about the political situation in Iran and temporarily left the country in 1909.

In 1936 he was introduced to Reza Shah by two-star General (sar-lashkar) Karim Buzarjomehri, and got his first job as chief of royal property (amlak-e saltanati).

All and all his idea was based on transparency and honesty and he refused to compromise, for this reason he had many enemies.A loyal supporter of Mossadegh (known as his "right hand") and popular with the people, he became a threat to the political circles around Pahlavi.

This sealed Afshartous' fate, and the plot against the prime minister ended with the CIA-sponsored coup d’etat of 19 August 1953, later known as Operation Ajax.