Gholamreza Azhari, 83, former Iranian army general who served briefly in 1978 as Iran's prime minister, died Nov. 5 of cancer in Fairfax, Va.
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi appointed Azhari, then a top military official trying to quell widespread student protests, prime minister in November 1978. Azhari sent tanks into Tehran, banned public religious processions, closed newspapers and sent troops to stop oil field strikes.
