Ardeshir Zahedi

Ardeshir Zahedi
Zahedi in 1968
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
12 January 1966 – 12 September 1971
Prime MinisterAmir-Abbas Hoveida
Preceded byAbbas Aram
Succeeded byAbbas Ali Khalatbari
Ambassador of Iran to the United States
In office
7 March 1973 – 11 February 1979
Preceded byAmir Aslan Afshar
Succeeded byMehdi Haeri Yazdi
In office
16 March 1960 – 3 March 1962
Preceded byAli Gholi Ardalan
Succeeded byHossein Ghods-Nakhai
Ambassador of Iran to the United Kingdom
In office
1962–1966
Preceded byMohsen Rais
Succeeded byAbbas Aram
Personal details
Born(1928-10-16)16 October 1928[1][2]
Tehran, Persia (now Iran)
Died18 November 2021(2021-11-18) (aged 93)
Montreux, Switzerland
Spouse
(m. 1957; div. 1964)
ChildrenZahra Mahnaz Zahedi[3]
Parent(s)Fazlollah Zahedi
Khadijeh Pirnia
Alma materUtah State University

Ardeshir Zahedi, GCVO (Persian: اردشیر زاهدی; 16 October 1928 – 18 November 2021) 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.

  1. ^ "Web Page Under Construction". Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Index Z".
  3. ^ "Exemption from court fees in lawsuits against the heirs and relatives of the deceased king". Islamic Parliament Research Center of The Islamic Republic of IRAN (in Persian). Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

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