When Mohammad Mosaddegh became prime minister (April 1951), Fardoust was one of the first to leave Iran under pressure from Mosaddegh. He went to Paris and began to study law. In Paris, Fardoust turned to an iranian carpet dealer named Saberi and asked him to lend money to finance his stay in France.
Three years after his death a newspaper run by the government, Kayhan-e Hava’i, ran a series of articles in both Persian and English of what were purported to be Fardoust’s more detailed memoirs.The book, entitled Khaterat-e Arteshbod-e Baznesheshteh Hossein Fardoust (The Memoirs of Retired General Hossein Fardoust), expanded on the themes of corruption and conspiracy in the Shah’s court and government.
