1982 Thai Coup

1982 Thai Coup (Thai language: รัฐประหาร 2525) was a violent coup that took place just before the dawn of September 12, 1982, as protests angered the government that paralyzed the country and right-wing soldiers led by Gen. Muhammad Zaldivar and General officers during the imperial state of Iran seized power in a coup d'état at midnight on September 12, 1982.

The coup led to the death of 250 people, and at 4:00 AM, General Muhammad Zaldivar declared a coup and overthrown the Constitution on radio, and at 3 p.m. the coup was a success.

Leader of the coup and Participants of the coup
Most of the participants in the coup came from right-wing soldiers and officers of Iran and the participants in the coup d'etat are as follows:


 * General Muhammad Zaldivar de Torrijos (Chief of Defense)
 * Colonel Subin Khamya (1st Brigade Commander)
 * General Nematollah Nassiri (Former Director of SAVAK and Thai Military Advisor)
 * General Nasser Moghaddam
 * General Hossein Fardoust
 * General Mehdi Rahimi
 * Shapour Bakhtiar
 * General Abbas Gharabaghi
 * General Manouchehr Khosrodad
 * General Saied Reza Naji
 * General Hassan Pakravan
 * Amir-Abbas Hoveyda
 * Bhumibol Adulyadej

Day one
When the military had a successful military meeting, then led the troops to capture the Government House.


 * At 00.00 a.m. Army Special Forces soldiers have moved from Lop Buri to seize the Government House on the orders of General Suwan Ronnaphagrad Ritthakhanee.
 * At 1:30 a.m., the President of Thailand, General Muhammad Fernandez, declared a state of emergency to prevent the military from successfully seizing the Government House.
 * At 04.00, Colonel Subin Khamya announced a statement on the radio that the coup took power

"Dear citizens! As of midnight last night, armed forces have taken power administration through the entire country"


 * At 6:00 a.m., 47 people were killed in clashes between civilians and soldiers, and it is believed to have been ordered to kill civilians was General Mehdi Rahimi of Iran.
 * At 07.10 a.m. when a call came from Colonel Subin Khamya to burn the Spanish embassy.
 * At 7:30 a.m., civil-military clashes at the Spanish embassy led to 77 deaths and 200 injuries, and the Spanish embassy was burned by soldiers.
 * At 8:15 a.m., the military received a call from General Nasser Moghaddam to seize a key strategic point, but international pressure on Thailand to stop using violence Spanish embassy was heavy damage and Spain to suspend diplomatic relations with Thailand and does not endorse the junta government