Hossein Fardoust

Timsar Hossein Fardoust
Born	(1917-02-21)21 February 1917 Tehran, Sublime State of Persia
Died	18 May 1987(1987-05-18) (aged 70) Tehran, Iran
Buried	Behesht-e Zahra
Allegiance	Imperial State of Iran
Service/branch	Imperial Iranian Army SAVAK
Years of service	1936–1979
Rank	Arteshbod
Commands held	Special Information Office Imperial Inspection Agency
Spouse(s)	Parichehr (divorced) Tala
Children	1
Other work	Deputy Head of SAVAK

Arteshbod Hossein Fardoust (Persian: حسین فردوست; 21 February 1917 – 18 May 1987) was an Iranian military officer who was the deputy head of SAVAK, the powerful Iranian intelligence agency during the Pahlavi era.^[1] He was also a childhood friend of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.