Fazlollah Zahedi

Fazlollah Zahedi
36th Prime Minister of Iran
In office 19 August 1953 – 7 April 1955
Monarch	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Preceded by	Mohammad Mosaddegh
Succeeded by	Hossein Ala'
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 7 April 1953 – 29 April 1953
Prime Minister	Mohammad Mosaddegh
Preceded by	Abdol-Hossein Meftah
Succeeded by	Abdullah Entezam
Minister of Interior
In office 28 April 1951 – 5 August 1951
Prime Minister	Mohammad Mosaddegh
Preceded by	Hossein Ala'
Succeeded by	Amirteymour Kalali
Personal details
Born	(1892-05-17)17 May 1892 Hamedan, Sublime State of Persia
Died	2 September 1963(1963-09-02) (aged 71) Geneva, Switzerland
Resting place	Zahedi Family Tomb, Imamzadeh Abdollah, Ray, Iran
Spouse	Khadijeh Pirnia tol-Moluk (divorced)[1]
Children	2, including Ardeshir Zahedi
Relatives	Hossein Pirnia (father-in-law)
Military service
Allegiance	Imperial Iranian Army
Years of service	1920–1953
Rank	Lieutenant General
Awards	Order of Sepah Order of Merit Order of the Crown Order of Zolfaghar

Fazlollah Zahedi (Persian: فضل‌الله زاهدی, romanized: Fazlollāh Zāhedi, pronounced [fæzloɫˈɫɒːh zɒːheˈdiː]; 17 May 1892 – 2 September 1963) was an Iranian lieutenant general, statesman, and military strongman who replaced the Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh through a coup d'état supported by the United States and the United Kingdom.