1. Ardeshir Zahedi, GCVO was an Iranian politician and diplomat who served as the country's foreign minister from 1966 to 1971, and its ambassador to the United States and the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s.
13 Facts About Ardeshir Zahedi
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Ardeshir Zahedi received a degree in agriculture from the Utah State University in 1950, where he was a member of Kappa Sigma.
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Ardeshir Zahedi served as ambassador to the United States from 1960 to 1962 and to the United Kingdom from 1962 to 1966.
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Ardeshir Zahedi served as minister of foreign affairs from 1966 to 1971 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Amir Abbas Hoveida.
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Ardeshir Zahedi again became ambassador to the United States from 1973 until the Iranian Revolution climaxed in January 1979.
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Ardeshir Zahedi started fervent attempts at securing political asylum for the ailing Shah and the Imperial family in Panama, Mexico, Morocco and finally Egypt.
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Ardeshir Zahedi was present at the Shah's death bed and funeral in Cairo in 1980.
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Ardeshir Zahedi received honorary doctoral degrees of law and humanities from Utah State University, East Texas State University, Kent State University, St Louis University, University of Texas, Montana State University, Washington College, Westminster College, Harvard University, Chung-Ang University of Seoul, and the College of Political and Social Science of Lima in Peru.
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In December 1976, in a ceremony held in Washington DC, Ardeshir Zahedi was awarded the Kappa Sigma Fraternity 'Man of the Year' Award.
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Ardeshir Zahedi received many awards and honors from nations around the globe for his humanitarian service and record in international affairs.
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Ardeshir Zahedi died at his residence in Montreux, Switzerland, on 18 November 2021, aged 93.
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Ardeshir Zahedi's papers are held in the collection of the Hoover Institution.
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Ardeshir Zahedi told Voice of America that the US approved the start of Iran's $50 billion nuclear program in the 1970s.