[4] Following his release Batmanghelidj became a brigadier general[1] and participated in the liberation forces of Azerbaijan against the Soviet occupation.

[2] Batmanghelidj was appointed head of the military office of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

[3] He was named as the chief of the athletic program by Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh.

[9] His appointment was possible through his closeness to retired military officer, Fazlollah Zahedi, who played a significant role in the coup against Mohammad Mossadegh.

[11] Batmanghelidj was succeeded by Rahmat Allah Atabaki in the post who finalized his rural development project.

[9] His last public post was the governor general of Khorasan Province for three years in the period 1964–1967, and he retired in 1967.

[4] Batmanghelidj died of kidney failure at the Cameron Glen Care Center in Reston, Virginia, on 24 April 1998.