Mahmoud Baharmast (1899–1977) was an Iranian major general who served as the chief of staff of the Imperial Army in Iran in the period 1952–1953.
[1] In 1923 he was sent to Europe by the Ministry of War to continue his studies and graduated from the Fontainebleau Military Academy, France, specializing in artillery.
[1] Following his return to Iran Baharmast worked at different units of the army and in 1942 he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general.
[1] Baharmast was appointed chief of staff of the Iranian Army in October 1952 and succeeded Morteza Yazdanpanah in the post.
[5] Before the coup d'état in 1953 US officials approached Baharmast and other military officers who had pro-American and anti-Communist stance to eliminate the pro-Soviet and pro-Mosaddegh tendencies in the Iranian army.