Jafar Shafaghat

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Died 2 September 2000 Rank General officer Years of service 1933-1979		Service/branch Pahlavi Army Allegiance Iran Name Jafar Shafaghat

Commands held Chairman of Iranian Imperial GuardLatest Minister of Defense in Pahlavi dynastyChief of Urmia DivisionChief of Tabriz DivisionChief of Staff of ground forces

Jafar Shafaghat (Persian: جعفر شفقت‎‎; c.1915 – September 2, 2000) was a General officer in the Iranian Pahlavi Army and was the last Minister of Defense in Shapour Bakhtiar government (1978 — 1979). Jafar Shafaghat was the last governor of East Azerbaijan Province during the Pahlavi dynasty. He died in exile in Nice, France.

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