Hassan Akhavi

Hassan Akhavi (1908–17 April 1997) was an Iranian military officer who played an active role in the overthrown of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in 1953. He briefly served as the minister of agriculture in the period 1957–1959 and retired from military offices and politics. Following the regime change in Iran in 1979 he settled in the United States.

Biography Akhavi was born in Tehran in 1908. Following his graduation from the officer's college he joined the Imperial Iranian Army.

Hossein Fardoust in his memoirs published in 1978 argued that Akhavi was one of the major liaisons between the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and army officers who were planning a coup against the government of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in 1953. During this period Akhavi's military rank was colonel, and he was heading the military intelligence unit of the army. He was part of the pro-British group among the coup planning army officers.

Then Akhavi served as a military attaché in Turkey, Greece and Yugoslavia for a short term. He was also promoted to the rank of major general the same year. Jamshid Amouzegar replaced him as minister of agriculture.