 Alamouti was allegedly detested by Mohammad Reza Shah.Alamouti was appointed as the justice minister in 1961 and served in the capacity until July 1962.He launched a campaign to fight corruption and abuse of power among the ruling elite that led to jailing several high-ranking officials, including police chief general Alavi-Moghadam (charged with bribetaking), military prosecutor Hossein Azmoudeh and former plan and budget head Abolhassan Ebtehaj (charged with $69 million embezzlement).