He was gradually removed from important positions, and his promotions were also delayed, so that his promotion to the rank of Brigadier was delayed for more than three years and until the time of Mohammad Mossadegh’s prime ministership. After receiving the rank of Brigadier in 1331 (Khorshidi), he became the head of the Tehran Police. In the same year, together with his close friends Mahmoud Kianouri and Ahmed Kianouri and a group of officers in favor of the National Movement, he formed a group called the National Officers. At this time, he played a great role in preventing the movements of opponents of the nationalization movement of the oil industry. Preventing the March 1331 coup One of the prominent services of Afshartos was foiling the assassination plot of Dr. Mossadegh on March 9, 1331. On this day, the king was supposed to travel abroad secretly.