According to a BBC report, the news that there was an armed incident in one of Tehran’s military training centers on February 9, that had resulted in a number of deaths, was a rumor. In its Announcement Number 40 dated February 10, 1979, Tehran Military Command emphasized that on Friday night, February 9, during the hours of martial law, the people had taken advantage of the verbal altercation between Air Force trainees, and had spread rumors around town, thereby getting people to the streets and on rooftops, preventing the Command’s military operations. Ultimately, military forces were able to disperse the population at 4 AM on February 10.
On March 27, 1979, the Islamic Revolution Prosecutor General’s office published the names of 24 officers who had been arrested, including General Neshat, in Kayhan newspaper. According to General Neshat, on February 13, he had been asked to report to duty, and he had appeared before the Alavi Committee on February 17. (Kayhan newspaper, April 12, 1979). According to General Neshat’s daughter, his father was arrested and taken to Qasr Prison after he had not accepted the position of Commander of the National Guard, offered to him by the Provisional Government’s Defense Minister (General Madani).
