Lieutenant General Nasser Moghaddam ( Persian : ناصر مقدم ; 24 June 1921 – 11 April 1979) was an Iranian military officer and intelligence chief who served as the fourth and final director of SAVAK from 6 June 1978 to 12 February 1979. He assumed the position after the arrest of General Nematollah Nassiri in 1978, following an order issued by the Shah . Moghaddam, along with Nassri and Nassiri's predecessor, Hassan Pakravan , was found guilty of corruption and subsequently sentenced to death on 11 March 1979, in accordance with the order of Ayatollah Khomeini .