Samad Samadianpour

Samad Samadianpour (Persian: صمد صمدیان پور; 12 March 1919 - 23 April 1982) was the Chief of Police of Iran during the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

Samad Samadianpour was born in Tabriz on 12 march 1919, After obtaining his high school diploma, Samadianpour entered the Military Academy (Officers' School) and completed advanced infantry courses as well as a short-term intelligence certification course. Between 1957 and 1958, during a course at the War University, he became familiar with the French language and was subsequently transferred from SAVAK to the Imperial Guard.

Later, in 1959, he moved from SAVAK to the Imperial Guard, taking on the role of First Deputy of the Special Bureau of the Imperial Guard. Following that, he served in the Adjutant General's Office of the Ground Forces before transferring to the National City Police (Shahrbani). Between 1962 and 1963, he initially served as the Vice Chief of the Shahrbani, later becoming the Head of Shahrbani Intelligence. In 1969, he was appointed Deputy Chief of the National City Police with the rank of Major General, and was eventually appointed Chief of the National City Police with the rank of Lieutenant General in 1973.

He left Iran during the 1979 Revolution and settled in London, England. Samadianpour passed away due to cancer in on 23 April 1982.