Abbas Aram

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Abbas Aram
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
1959–1960
MonarchMohammad Reza Pahlavi
Prime MinisterAli Amini
In office
1962–1966
MonarchMohammad Reza Pahlavi
Personal details
Born1906
Died1985 (aged 78–79)
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 and views

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]

Aram served as foreign minister in the late 1950s and 1960s.[3] More specifically, he was twice appointed foreign minister.[4] His first term was brief, from 1959 to 1960.[4] He was secondly in office from 1962 to 1966.[5] On 30 April and 1 May 1963 he represented Iran at the eleventh session of CENTO ministerial council in Karachi, Pakistan.[6]

Then he served as Iranian ambassador to the United Kingdom.[7] He was appointed to the post in February 1967, replacing Ardeshir Zahedi.[8] Aram's tenure ended in November 1969 when Amir Khosrow Afshar was appointed Iranian ambassador to the United Kingdom.[9] In December 1973, Aram was appointed Iranian ambassador to China, becoming the first Iranian diplomat served in the post.[10]

In the 1960s Aram was among the Iranian statesmen who favoured Iran's close relations with the U.S. and other Western countries in order to secure the survival of the Pahlavi dynasty.[11]

Later years and death

Aram was arrested following the regime change in 1979, but released later. He died in 1985 and was buried in Behesht-e Zahra.[12]

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. ^ Lokman I. Meho (2004). The Kurdish Question in U.S. Foreign Policy: A Documentary Sourcebook. Westport, CT; London: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 463. ISBN 978-0-313-31435-3.
  4. ^ a b "Minister of Foreign Affairs". Peymanmeli. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Persons". FRUS. XXII. 1964–1968.
  6. ^ "Central Treaty Organization". International Organization. 18 (1). 1964. doi:10.1017/S0020818300000515.
  7. ^ "Middle East 1969-1972" (PDF). FRUS. XXIV.
  8. ^ "State Intelligence". London Gazette (Issue 44249). 14 February 1967. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  9. ^ "State Intelligence". London Gazette (Issue 44974). 27 November 1969. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  10. ^ John W. Garver (1 July 2006). China and Iran: Ancient Partners in a Post-Imperial World. Seattle, WA; London: University of Washington Press. p. 308. ISBN 978-0-295-80121-6.
  11. ^ Roham Alvandi (2014). "The Shah's détente with Khrushchev: Iran's 1962 missile base pledge to the Soviet Union". Cold War History. 14 (3): 432. doi:10.1080/14682745.2014.890591.
  12. ^ "گوشه ای از خاطرات عباس آرام". Bukhara. 1 June 2010.

External links

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