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==Career==
==Career==
Afshar was a career diplomat. At the beginning of the 1950s he was the political joint secretary at the foreign ministry.<ref>{{cite web|author=Hashem Hakimi|title=Fatemi's outburst|url=http://iranian.com/Features/2002/February/Hakimi2/index.html|work=The Iranian|accessdate=9 August 2013|date=13 February 2002}}</ref> He later assumed the posts of the foreign ministry's permanent secretary and deputy foreign minister.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Roham Alvandi|title=Nixon, Kissinger, and the Shah: the origins of Iranian primacy in the Persian Gulf|journal=Diplomatic history|year=2012|volume=36|issue=2|pages=337-372|url=http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/32743/1/Nixon,_Kissinger,_and_the_Shah_the_origins_of_Iranian_primacy_in_the_Persian_Gulf_(LSE_RO).pdf|accessdate=25 July 2013|doi=10.1111/j.1467-7709.2011.01025.x}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Thomas L. Hughes|title=Dispute Over the Shatt al-Arab Disturbs Relations Periodically|url=http://2001-2009.state.gov/documents/organization/70512.pdf|work=CIA|accessdate=25 July 2013|format=Intelligence report|date=22 April 1969}}</ref> In 1960, he was the acting minister of foreign affairs.<ref name=harvard>{{cite web|title=Afshar-Ghassemlou, Amir-Khosrow|url=http://ted.lib.harvard.edu/ted/deliver/~iohp/Afshar-Ghassemlou,+Amir-Khosrow.03|work=Harvard University|accessdate=26 July 2013}}</ref>
Afshar was a career diplomat. At the beginning of the 1950s he was the political joint secretary at the foreign ministry.<ref>{{cite web|author=Hashem Hakimi|title=Fatemi's outburst|url=http://iranian.com/Features/2002/February/Hakimi2/index.html|work=The Iranian|accessdate=9 August 2013|date=13 February 2002}}</ref> He later assumed the posts of the foreign ministry's permanent secretary and deputy foreign minister.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Roham Alvandi |title=Nixon, Kissinger, and the Shah: the origins of Iranian primacy in the Persian Gulf |journal=Diplomatic history |year=2012 |volume=36 |issue=2 |pages=337-372 |url=http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/32743/1/Nixon,_Kissinger,_and_the_Shah_the_origins_of_Iranian_primacy_in_the_Persian_Gulf_(LSE_RO).pdf |accessdate=25 July 2013 |doi=10.1111/j.1467-7709.2011.01025.x |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720224433/http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/32743/1/Nixon%2C_Kissinger%2C_and_the_Shah_the_origins_of_Iranian_primacy_in_the_Persian_Gulf_%28LSE_RO%29.pdf |archivedate=20 July 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Thomas L. Hughes|title=Dispute Over the Shatt al-Arab Disturbs Relations Periodically|url=http://2001-2009.state.gov/documents/organization/70512.pdf|work=CIA|accessdate=25 July 2013|format=Intelligence report|date=22 April 1969}}</ref> In 1960, he was the acting minister of foreign affairs.<ref name=harvard>{{cite web|title=Afshar-Ghassemlou, Amir-Khosrow|url=http://ted.lib.harvard.edu/ted/deliver/~iohp/Afshar-Ghassemlou,+Amir-Khosrow.03|work=Harvard University|accessdate=26 July 2013}}</ref>


He was appointed ambassador of Iran to [[Court of St James's|the Court of St. James's]] on 6 November 1969, succeeding [[Abbas Aram]] in the post.<ref name=lgaz69>{{cite news|title=State Intelligence|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/44974/pages/11495|accessdate=7 August 2013|newspaper=The London Gazette|date=27 November 1969}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=John R. Hinnells|title=Mithraic Studies: Proceedings of the First International Congress of Mithraic Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eBy8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA518|accessdate=25 July 2013|year=1975|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-0-7190-0536-7|page=518}}</ref> He held this position until December 1974 and was replaced by Muhammad Reza Amir Teymour in the post.<ref name=glas11may>{{cite news|title=Libel damages for Iran's former ambassador|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19840511&id=58NAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_aUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4532,2480318|accessdate=26 July 2013|newspaper=The Glasgow Herald|date=11 May 1984}}</ref><ref name=lgaz>{{cite news|title=State Intelligence|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/46443/pages/13271/page.pdf|accessdate=6 August 2013|newspaper=London Gazette|date=31 December 1974}}</ref>
He was appointed ambassador of Iran to [[Court of St James's|the Court of St. James's]] on 6 November 1969, succeeding [[Abbas Aram]] in the post.<ref name=lgaz69>{{cite news|title=State Intelligence|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/44974/pages/11495|accessdate=7 August 2013|newspaper=The London Gazette|date=27 November 1969}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=John R. Hinnells|title=Mithraic Studies: Proceedings of the First International Congress of Mithraic Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eBy8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA518|accessdate=25 July 2013|year=1975|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-0-7190-0536-7|page=518}}</ref> He held this position until December 1974 and was replaced by Muhammad Reza Amir Teymour in the post.<ref name=glas11may>{{cite news|title=Libel damages for Iran's former ambassador|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19840511&id=58NAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_aUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4532,2480318|accessdate=26 July 2013|newspaper=The Glasgow Herald|date=11 May 1984}}</ref><ref name=lgaz>{{cite news|title=State Intelligence|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/46443/pages/13271/page.pdf|accessdate=6 August 2013|newspaper=London Gazette|date=31 December 1974}}</ref>

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Amir Khosrow Afshar
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
27 August 1978 – 1979
MonarchMohammad Reza Pahlavi
Prime MinisterJaafar Sharif Emami
Gholam Reza Azhari
Preceded byAbbas Ali Khalatbari
Succeeded byAhmad Mirfendereski
Personal details
Born1919
Tehran
DiedN/A
NationalityIranian

Amir Khosrow Afshar (born 1919, date of death unknown)[1][2] was an Iranian diplomat, who served as the minister of foreign affairs of Iran during the Shah era from 1978 to 1979.

Career

Afshar was a career diplomat. At the beginning of the 1950s he was the political joint secretary at the foreign ministry.[3] He later assumed the posts of the foreign ministry's permanent secretary and deputy foreign minister.[4][5] In 1960, he was the acting minister of foreign affairs.[6]

He was appointed ambassador of Iran to the Court of St. James's on 6 November 1969, succeeding Abbas Aram in the post.[7][8] He held this position until December 1974 and was replaced by Muhammad Reza Amir Teymour in the post.[9][10]

He also served as the ambassador of Iran to West Germany and to France.[6] He was appointed foreign minister to the cabinet led by Jaafar Sharif Emami on 27 August 1978, replacing Abbas Ali Khalatbari in the post.[11] He retained the post when a military government led by Gholam Reza Azhari formed on 6 November 1978.[11] His term ended in 1979 and he was replaced by Ahmad Mirfendereski in the post.[1]

Honors

Afshar was the recipient of Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Foreign ministers E-K". Rulers. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  2. ^ Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh (4 July 2013). Small Players of the Great Game. London: Routledge. p. xiv. ISBN 1134383789.
  3. ^ Hashem Hakimi (13 February 2002). "Fatemi's outburst". The Iranian. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  4. ^ Roham Alvandi (2012). "Nixon, Kissinger, and the Shah: the origins of Iranian primacy in the Persian Gulf" (PDF). Diplomatic history. 36 (2): 337–372. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7709.2011.01025.x. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Thomas L. Hughes (22 April 1969). "Dispute Over the Shatt al-Arab Disturbs Relations Periodically" (Intelligence report). CIA. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Afshar-Ghassemlou, Amir-Khosrow". Harvard University. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  7. ^ "State Intelligence". The London Gazette. 27 November 1969. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  8. ^ John R. Hinnells (1975). Mithraic Studies: Proceedings of the First International Congress of Mithraic Studies. Manchester University Press. p. 518. ISBN 978-0-7190-0536-7. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  9. ^ "Libel damages for Iran's former ambassador". The Glasgow Herald. 11 May 1984. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  10. ^ a b "State Intelligence" (PDF). London Gazette. 31 December 1974. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  11. ^ a b "A chronology of the Iranian Revolution (1978-79)". Derkeiler. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
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