Abdol Hossein Hejazi

Abdol Hossein Hejazi (1904–1969) was an Iranian military officer who served as the commander of the Imperial Iranian Army's Ground Forces between 1958 and 1960.

Biography Hejazi was born in 1904. Hejazi was also made the chief of police on the same date replacing General Mohammad Faftari who had resigned from the post. The reason for Hejazi's removal was his alliance with Fazlollah Zahedi who was a retired military officer and senator and a rival of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh.

Following the removal of Mohammad Mosaddegh, Hejazi returned to the army and served as the commanding general of the 3rd corps of the Imperial Iranian Army. He was named as a military adviser to the Mohammad Reza Shah in September 1953. Hejazi also served as the ambassador of Imperial Iran to Pakistan.

Hejazi committed suicide in 1969. The Iranian newspapers of the period reported his death as "while cleaning his gun, a bullet suddenly came out of the barrel and killed him [Hejazi]."