Amir Khosrow Afshar

Amir Khosrow Afshar (1919 – 1999)[1][2] was an Iranian diplomat, who served as the minister of foreign affairs of Iran during the Shah era from 1978 to 1979.

Amir Khosrow Afshar
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
27 August 1978 – 5 January 1979
MonarchMohammad Reza Pahlavi
Prime MinisterJaafar Sharif Emami
Gholam Reza Azhari
Preceded byAbbas Ali Khalatbari
Succeeded byAhmad Mirfendereski
Personal details
Born1919 (1919)
Tehran
Died1999 (aged 79–80)
NationalityIranian

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
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  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.
  5. Thomas L. Hughes (22 April 1969). "Dispute Over the Shatt al-Arab Disturbs Relations Periodically" (Intelligence report). CIA. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  6. "Afshar-Ghassemlou, Amir-Khosrow". Harvard University. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. 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.
  9. "Libel damages for Iran's former ambassador". The Glasgow Herald. 11 May 1984. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  10. "State Intelligence" (PDF). London Gazette. 31 December 1974. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  11. "A chronology of the Iranian Revolution (1978-79)". Derkeiler. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
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