Consulate-General of the United States, Tabriz
Consulate-General of the United States, Tabriz | |
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General Command of the Law Enforcement of Islamic Republic of Iran | |
Owner | Federal government of the United States |
The former Consulate-General of the United States, Tabriz was a diplomatic and political venue in Tabriz that operated under the auspices of the US Embassy in Tehran. This consulate was opened in 1906 and was active until the capture of the US Embassy in Tehran and the severance of Iran-US relations.[1]
This consulate was located at the end of
History
Prior to
After that, the US Consulate in Tabriz continued to fulfill its duty to spread US policies in Azerbaijan and prevent the spread of anti-American ideas, and to fight communist ideology activities in the region.[7]
Among the actions of the Americans in this consulate, can mention the display of an example of the "moonstone" that American astronauts brought to Earth from the Moon, in the big hall of the consulate, and the invitation of the people of Tabriz to watch this stone.
"Michael Metrinko", the US Consul in Tabriz from 1977 to 1979, said in an interview with the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training about the Tabriz Consulate:[8][9]
The physical setup of Tabriz was spectacular. It was one of the grand old consulates. The Tabriz consulate sat on approximately 15 acres of walled in garden. It had 1200 trees inside the wall. It had an Olympic-size swimming pool, a six-car garage, a guest house, an absolutely lovely home, and a beautiful office building surrounded by gardens and landscaping and tree-lined driveways, fountains, bird ponds, fish ponds, a volley-ball field, a field for playing football, a rose garden, grape arbors - the whole bit. It had been laid out by an American architect when America was flush with money, in the 1960s, laid out and set up principally, I think, at CIA pressure, because it was built to serve as a border-watching post. It was right on the Soviet border. It was only 45 minutes by car away from the USSR border. I was also fairly close to the Turkish border, about an hour and a half to two hours, and not that distant from the Iraqi border. It was a very strategic location.
List of US consuls in Tabriz
The table below lists the names of the US Consuls in Tabriz and their years of responsibility.[10][1][11][12][8]
Name | Years |
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William F. Doty | 1906-1910 |
Gordon Paddock | 1910-1919 |
Augustin W. Ferrin | 1926-1928 |
William C. Burdett | 1950-1952 |
Ernest Thomas Greene | ? |
Robert L. Funseth | 1954-1956 |
Harold G. Josif | 1957-1959 |
William L. Eagleton | 1959-1961 |
Archie M. Bolster | 1961-1963 |
Carleton S. Coon Jr. | 1963-1965 |
Walter L. Cutler | 1965-1967 |
Charles A. Mast | 1972-1974 |
David C. McGaffey | 1976-1979 |
Michael Metrinko | 1978-1981 |
After Iranian Revolution of 1979
During the riot of the people of Tabriz against Mohammad Reza Pahlavi on February 18, 1978,[13] the "John F. Kennedy Library in Tabriz", the "Iran-US Cultural Center in Tabriz" and the "Point Four Program office" were attacked by revolutionaries and with the exception of the US consulate, which had diplomatic immunity, all other American institutions in Tabriz were destroyed. During February 1979, the revolutionaries of Tabriz, led by Mohammad Ali Qazi Tabatabaei, moved towards this consulate and lowered the large sign of the consulate and the American flag from its door. Then, at the same time as the US embassy in Tehran was captured, the US consulate in Tabriz was also occupied by the revolutionary invaders.[4]
At present, the location of this consulate on "Shariati Street" in
Gallery
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The Flag of the United States is waving in the previous building of the American Consulate, on the south side of Arg of Tabriz in 1911. Picture by William Morgan Shuster.
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Garden and yard of the former US Consulate in Tabriz.
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Entrance of the former US Consulate in Tabriz.
See also
- Iran–United States relations
- Embassy of the United States, Tehran
- Embassy of Iran, Washington, D.C.
- Interests Section of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the United States
- United States Cultural Diplomacy in Iran
References
- ^ a b "IRAN: Country Reader" (PDF). Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- JSTOR 4322770. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ Robert Baker, William (August 2016). THE TRIUMPH OF DIPLOMACY. JAMES BYRNES AND THE IRAN CRISIS OF 1946. San Francisco California: San Francisco State University. p. 173.
- ^ a b خاماچی, بهروز. شهر من تبریز (in Persian). تبریز: ندای شمس. p. ۱۲۱-۱۲۲.
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- JSTOR 2148118.
- ^ روسو, رابرت. "جنگ آذربایجان". مجله خاورمیانه (in Persian).
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- ^ "تالار زمرد تبريز امروزی زمانی كنسولگری آمريكايیها بود، اين كنسولگری مركز كنترل و جلوگيری از فعاليتهای سياسی - نظامی نيروهای شوروی در آذربايجان بود - ایسنا" (in Persian). Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ a b "MICHAEL METRINKO. Interviewed by: Charles Stuart Kennedy" (PDF). Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ Kennedy, Charles Stuart (August 26, 1999). "MICHAEL METRINKO" (PDF). ADST: 66.
The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training
- ^ "U.S. consular officials in Iran". Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ISBN 9781931707664. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "William Eagleton 'The Foreign Service Has Changed Much' - Middle East Quarterly". Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "قیام ۲۹ بهمن تبریز، تیر خلاص بر پیکر رژیم طاغوت - خبرگزاری صدا و سیما" (in Persian). Retrieved 4 February 2022.