Gholam-Ali Oveissi , general and the Chief Commander of the Imperial

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When the Pahlavi dynasty came to power, the Qajar dynasty was already weak from years of war with Russia. The standing Persian army was almost non-existent. The new king Reza Shah Pahlavi, was quick to develop a new military, the Imperial persian Armed Forces. In part, this involved sending hundreds of officers to European and American military academies.

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