Field Marshal Oveissi’s commendation letter was read in court as evidence against General Neshat. The Revolutionary Court “judges” also brought up the matter of protecting royal palaces [from intrusion]; General Neshat not joining the revolutionary forces after the Qom, Tabriz, and Tehran protests; and his loyalty to the royal family against General Neshat, and stated: “You were there yourself on February 10, and you have written a statement at the Investigating Judge’s office [stating] ‘those under my command and I, myself, were guarding the palaces’.
Explain a little bit what this means; ‘I guarded the palaces’ means ‘if the people wanted to come and take over these palaces [that belong to them but have been] seized [by the royals], I had the mission of defending them and opening fire on the people, shooting them, so they couldn’t have access to [and take over] these palaces’.” (Ettela’at newspaper, April 11, 1979).
