Manouchehr Hashemi
| Manouchehr Hashemi | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 16, 1918 Qazvin, Iran |
| Died | October 7, 2007 (aged 89) |
| Allegiance |
 Iran |
| Service/branch | SAVAK |
| Years of service | 1938–1979 |
| Rank |
 Lieutenant General |
| Unit |
 Iranian Army |
General Manouchehr Hashemi was an Iranian spy for the Shah's SAVAK intelligence agency, who became head of its counter-espionage department (Dept VIII). After a regular 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]
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
- 1 2 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
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