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==Career==
==Career==
Aram was the first secretary at the embassy of Iran in [[the United States]] in the 1940s.<ref>{{cite news|title=Iranian Ambassador May Give Uno Case|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1928&dat=19460319&id=PaAgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RWgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4194,5584599|accessdate=29 November 2013|newspaper=The Lewiston Daily Sun|date=19 March 1946|location=Washington}}</ref> He was the Iranian ambassador to [[Japan]] and then, to [[Iraq]] during the reign of [[Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The John F. Kennedy Security Files|url=http://www.lexisnexis.com/documents/academic/upa_cis/13152_jfknsfmiddleeast.pdf|work=University Publications of America|accessdate=29 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hushang Ansary's House|url=http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/hushang-ansarys-house.kml|work=Virtual Globetrotting|accessdate=29 November 2013}}</ref> He served as foreign minister in the late 1950s and 1960s.<ref>{{cite book|author=Lokman I. Meho|title=The Kurdish Question in U.S. Foreign Policy: A Documentary Sourcebook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BD7imPDFto0C&pg=PA463|year=2004|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-31435-3|page=463|accessdate=29 November 2013}}</ref> More specifically he was twice appointed foreign minister.<ref name=pey>{{cite web|title=Minister of Foreign Affairs|url=http://www.peymanmeli.org/Rulers.asp|work=Peymanmeli|accessdate=29 November 2013}}</ref> His first term was brief, from 1959 to 1960.<ref name=pey/> He was secondly in office from 1962 to 1966.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Persons|journal=FRUS|year=1964–1968|volume=XXII|url=http://nasser.bibalex.org/data/usdocweb/html/xxii-iran%201964-1968/www.state.gov/www/about_state/history/vol_xxii/persons.html|accessdate=29 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Foreign minister |url=http://www.loghatnaameh.org/dehkhodaworddetail-ee904211e8c147c0ba597558ed8282d7-fa.html |work=Loghatnaameh |accessdate=29 November 2013 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> On 30 April and 1 May 1963 he represented Iran at the eleventh session of [[CENTO]] ministerial council in [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=CENTO|journal=International Organization|year=1964|volume=18|issue=1|url=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=1&fid=1583800&jid=INO&volumeId=18&issueId=01&aid=1583792|accessdate=10 December 2013}}</ref>
Aram was the first secretary at the embassy of Iran in [[the United States]] in the 1940s.<ref>{{cite news|title=Iranian Ambassador May Give Uno Case|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1928&dat=19460319&id=PaAgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RWgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4194,5584599|accessdate=29 November 2013|newspaper=The Lewiston Daily Sun|date=19 March 1946|location=Washington}}</ref> He was the Iranian ambassador to [[Japan]] and then, to [[Iraq]] during the reign of [[Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The John F. Kennedy Security Files|url=http://www.lexisnexis.com/documents/academic/upa_cis/13152_jfknsfmiddleeast.pdf|work=University Publications of America|accessdate=29 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hushang Ansary's House|url=http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/hushang-ansarys-house.kml|work=Virtual Globetrotting|accessdate=29 November 2013}}</ref> He served as foreign minister in the late 1950s and 1960s.<ref>{{cite book|author=Lokman I. Meho|title=The Kurdish Question in U.S. Foreign Policy: A Documentary Sourcebook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BD7imPDFto0C&pg=PA463|year=2004|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-31435-3|page=463|accessdate=29 November 2013}}</ref> More specifically he was twice appointed foreign minister.<ref name=pey>{{cite web|title=Minister of Foreign Affairs|url=http://www.peymanmeli.org/Rulers.asp|work=Peymanmeli|accessdate=29 November 2013}}</ref> His first term was brief, from 1959 to 1960.<ref name=pey/> He was secondly in office from 1962 to 1966.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Persons|journal=FRUS|year=1964–1968|volume=XXII|url=http://nasser.bibalex.org/data/usdocweb/html/xxii-iran%201964-1968/www.state.gov/www/about_state/history/vol_xxii/persons.html|accessdate=29 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Foreign minister |url=http://www.loghatnaameh.org/dehkhodaworddetail-ee904211e8c147c0ba597558ed8282d7-fa.html |archive-url=https://archive.is/20131129121606/http://www.loghatnaameh.org/dehkhodaworddetail-ee904211e8c147c0ba597558ed8282d7-fa.html |dead-url=yes |archive-date=29 November 2013 |work=Loghatnaameh |accessdate=29 November 2013 }}</ref> On 30 April and 1 May 1963 he represented Iran at the eleventh session of [[CENTO]] ministerial council in [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=CENTO|journal=International Organization|year=1964|volume=18|issue=1|url=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=1&fid=1583800&jid=INO&volumeId=18&issueId=01&aid=1583792|accessdate=10 December 2013}}</ref>


Then he served as Iranian ambassador to [[the United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Middle East 1969-1972|journal=FRUS|volume=XXIV|url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/FRUSxxiv.pdf|accessdate=29 November 2013}}</ref> He was appointed to the post in February 1967, replacing [[Ardeshir Zahedi]].<ref>{{cite news|title=State Intelligence|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/44249/pages/1713|accessdate=29 November 2013|newspaper=London Gazette (Issue 44249)|date=14 February 1967}}</ref> Aram's tenure ended in November 1969 when [[Amir Khosrow Afshar]] was appointed Iranian ambassador to the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite news|title=State Intelligence|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/44974/pages/11495|accessdate=29 November 2013|newspaper=London Gazette (Issue 44974)|date=27 November 1969}}</ref> In December 1973, Aram was appointed Iranian ambassador to [[China]], becoming the first Iranian diplomat served in the post.<ref>{{cite book|author=John W. Garver|title=China and Iran: Ancient Partners in a Post-Imperial World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CPMoRVo3fSwC&pg=PA308|date=1 July 2006|publisher=University of Washington Press|isbn=978-0-295-80121-6|page=308|accessdate=29 November 2013}}</ref>
Then he served as Iranian ambassador to [[the United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Middle East 1969-1972|journal=FRUS|volume=XXIV|url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/FRUSxxiv.pdf|accessdate=29 November 2013}}</ref> He was appointed to the post in February 1967, replacing [[Ardeshir Zahedi]].<ref>{{cite news|title=State Intelligence|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/44249/pages/1713|accessdate=29 November 2013|newspaper=London Gazette (Issue 44249)|date=14 February 1967}}</ref> Aram's tenure ended in November 1969 when [[Amir Khosrow Afshar]] was appointed Iranian ambassador to the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite news|title=State Intelligence|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/44974/pages/11495|accessdate=29 November 2013|newspaper=London Gazette (Issue 44974)|date=27 November 1969}}</ref> In December 1973, Aram was appointed Iranian ambassador to [[China]], becoming the first Iranian diplomat served in the post.<ref>{{cite book|author=John W. Garver|title=China and Iran: Ancient Partners in a Post-Imperial World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CPMoRVo3fSwC&pg=PA308|date=1 July 2006|publisher=University of Washington Press|isbn=978-0-295-80121-6|page=308|accessdate=29 November 2013}}</ref>

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Abbas Aram
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
1959–1960
MonarchMohammad Reza Pahlavi
In office
1962–1966
MonarchMohammad Reza Pahlavi
Personal details
Born1906
Died1985
Resting placeTehran
NationalityIranian

Abbas Aram (1906–1985) was an Iranian diplomat and served as foreign minister for two terms between 1959 and 1960 and between 1962 and 1966. In addition, he was the ambassador of Iran to various countries, including Iraq, the United Kingdom and China.

Career

Aram was the first secretary at the embassy of Iran in the United States in the 1940s.[1] He was the Iranian ambassador to Japan and then, to Iraq during the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.[2][3] He served as foreign minister in the late 1950s and 1960s.[4] More specifically he was twice appointed foreign minister.[5] His first term was brief, from 1959 to 1960.[5] He was secondly in office from 1962 to 1966.[6][7] On 30 April and 1 May 1963 he represented Iran at the eleventh session of CENTO ministerial council in Karachi, Pakistan.[8]

Then he served as Iranian ambassador to the United Kingdom.[9] He was appointed to the post in February 1967, replacing Ardeshir Zahedi.[10] Aram's tenure ended in November 1969 when Amir Khosrow Afshar was appointed Iranian ambassador to the United Kingdom.[11] In December 1973, Aram was appointed Iranian ambassador to China, becoming the first Iranian diplomat served in the post.[12]

Later years

He was arrested after the revolution, but released later. He died in 1985 and was buried in Behesht-e Zahra.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Iranian Ambassador May Give Uno Case". The Lewiston Daily Sun. Washington. 19 March 1946. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  2. ^ "The John F. Kennedy Security Files" (PDF). University Publications of America. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Hushang Ansary's House". Virtual Globetrotting. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  4. ^ Lokman I. Meho (2004). The Kurdish Question in U.S. Foreign Policy: A Documentary Sourcebook. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 463. ISBN 978-0-313-31435-3. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Minister of Foreign Affairs". Peymanmeli. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Persons". FRUS. XXII. 1964–1968. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  7. ^ "Foreign minister". Loghatnaameh. Archived from the original on 29 November 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "CENTO". International Organization. 18 (1). 1964. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  9. ^ "Middle East 1969-1972" (PDF). FRUS. XXIV. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  10. ^ "State Intelligence". London Gazette (Issue 44249). 14 February 1967. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  11. ^ "State Intelligence". London Gazette (Issue 44974). 27 November 1969. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  12. ^ John W. Garver (1 July 2006). China and Iran: Ancient Partners in a Post-Imperial World. University of Washington Press. p. 308. ISBN 978-0-295-80121-6. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  13. ^ "گوشه ای از خاطرات عباس آرام". Bukhara. 1 June 2010.
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