General Neshat served in various cities including Behbahan, Tabriz, Chabahar, and Kermanshah. He was appointed Commander of the Imperial Guard in December 1978. He was deployed and positioned in all the locations where the Royal Family had residences, and had an office in both the Niavaran and Sa’adabad Palaces. During his years of service, he had been awarded numerous medals and decorations. According to his daughter, General Neshat had great love and loyalty for his country and his king, and accompanied the Shah in all his domestic and international trips. (Shirin Neshat’s memoirs).
General Neshat is remembered as a diligent and hard-working man who never disrespected any one. According to his daughter, he was extremely kind, brave, serious, and honest, and treated his subordinates (his officers) as if they were his own children. (Shirin Neshat’s memoirs). In the course of the 1978 protests, and more specifically on September 8, the day that came to be known as Black Friday, Yahya Nuri, a revolutionary cleric, called on the people to go to Jaleh Square and conduct a large protest demonstration against the government.
