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He served as commander in chief of Imperial Air Force (IIAF) from Spring 1976 to 1979 with the rank of lieutenant general. He succeeded Fazael Tadayon in the post. When he was in command, there were forty-eight thousand men in the air force.Barry Rubin, a veteran Middle East expert, described him as possibly “the most able officer in the top circles of the armed forces.”
