Manouchehr Hashemi
General Manouchehr Hashemi was an Iranian intelligence officer for the Shah's SAVAK. He was the head of the provincial offices of SAVAK in Fars and Khorasan provinces, and later head of its counter-intelligence department commonly known as department VIII. After his career as an Army Infantry officer, he became one of SAVAK's longest-serving senior officers, he had previously been head of the provincial offices of SAVAK in the provinces of Fars and Khorasan. Excerpts from Hashemi's history of SAVAK were published in Payam-e Emrooz in 1988.
Hashemi played a minor role in the Iran-Contra Affair, introducing Theodore Shackley to Manucher Ghorbanifar and Hassan Karroubi.
