Ahmad Mirfendereski

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Ahmad Mirfendereski
Shahpour Bakhtiar
Preceded byAmir Khosrow Afshar
Succeeded byKarim Sanjabi
Personal details
Born9 May 1918[1]
Tehran, Qajar Iran
Died2 May 2004(2004-05-02) (aged 85)
Paris, France
Political partyNational Resistance Movement of Iran (1979–1991)

Ahmad Mirfendereski ((Persian: احمد میرفندرسکی) 9 May 1918 – 2 May 2004) was an Iranian diplomat, politician and the last minister of foreign affairs of the Shah era in Iran.

Career

Mirfendereski began his career at the ministry of foreign affairs and held many posts there. He served as the ambassador of Iran to

October war with Israel without consent of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.[4][5]

Mirfendereski was appointed foreign minister to the cabinet led by

CENTO which is considered to be an initiative of the Bakhtiar cabinet to establish positive relations with both Khomeini's supporters and the leftist groups.[9] Karim Sanjabi succeeded Mirfendereski as foreign minister.[7]

Later years

After leaving office, Mirfendereski was arrested and put at

Qasr prison in Tehran where other senior officials were also detained.[10] Then he was freed, and he left Iran and settled in Paris. In the exile he joined the National Resistance Movement headed by Bakhtiar.[6][11] In 1984, Mirfendereski declared in Paris that the Shah's cancer had been diagnosed in 1974, six years before his death in Egypt on 27 July 1980 and that it had been kept secret until the revolution.[8]

Personal life and death

Mirfendereski was married and had three children, two daughters and a son.[2] He died in Paris at the age of 85 on 2 May 2004.[2][12]

References

  1. ^ "Iran Rulers effective 1694 to Date". Peymanmeli. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d Mahmoud Ghaffari (7 May 2004). "Sense and humor". The Iranian. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976" (PDF). Department of State. Washington DC. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  4. ISBN 978-0-300-12057-8
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  5. ^ R. W. Apple Jr. (6 January 1979). "Iran future brighter". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Tehran. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
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    ISBN 978-1-136-81263-7
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    ISBN 978-3-319-94406-7
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  8. ^ a b "Iran's Exiles Ponder What Went Wrong". The Palm Beach Post. Paris. AP. 11 February 1984. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  9. ISBN 978-1-349-88805-4
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  10. ^ Cyrus Kadivar (4 March 2003). "37 days. A cautionary tale that must not be forgotten". The Iranian. Archived from the original on 9 August 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  11. ProQuest 1625744038
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  12. ^ Guive Mirfendereski (5 May 2004). "Requiem. Rising Sun". The Iranian. Retrieved 25 July 2013.

External links

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