General Manouchehr Hashemi (Persian: منوچهر هاشمی; 16 July 1918, Khoy — 7 October 2007) was an Iranian intelligence officer for the Shah's SAVAK. He was the head of the provincial offices of SAVAK in Fars and Khorasan provinces, and later head of its counter-intelligence department commonly known as department VIII. After his career as an Army Infantry officer, he became one of SAVAK's longest-serving senior officers (serving from 1957 to 1979[1]), he had previously been head of the provincial offices of SAVAK in the provinces of Fars and Khorasan.[2] Excerpts from Hashemi's history of SAVAK were published in Payam-e Emrooz in 1988.[1]
Manouchehr Hashemi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 July 1918 Khoy (West Azerbaijan province), Iran |
| Died | 7 October 2007 (aged 89) |
| Allegiance |  Iran |
| Service | SAVAK |
| Years of service | 1938–1979 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Unit |  SAVAK |
Hashemi played a minor role in the Iran-Contra Affair, introducing Theodore Shackley to Manucher Ghorbanifar and Hassan Karroubi (brother of Mehdi Karroubi).[3][4]
References
edit- ^ a b The Iranian, 11 June 1998, A sober look at SAVAK
- ^ Harvard Iranian Oral History Project, Hashemi, Manouchehr
- ^ brown.edu, The Iran-Contra Affairs: The Beginning of the Affair
- ^ Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995), Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair, DIANE Publishing, p526