[4] Yazdanpanah was the commander of the Iranian army's northern division during the coup organized by Reza Shah against Qajar dynasty in 1921.
[3] Yazdanpanah was also assigned to significant posts by the next Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
[2] He headed the Iranian military contingent which represented the country at Victory Parade in London in June 1946.
[13] Eventually, Yazdanpanah was dismissed from office and replaced by Mahmoud Baharmast in the post.
[13] From June 1963 Yazdanpanah was one of the senior military advisors to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi being the head of the Imperial Inspectorate[14] and was also made a senator in 1967.
[4] Yazdanpanah's wife, Leyla, was born in Russia, and her father was the governor of Russian Azarbaijan.
[2] Their son, Kambiz, pursued his graduate studies in foreign service at George Washington University.