Hossein Diba

Abdul-Hossein Diba ( Persian حسین دیبا; * 1893 in Tabriz ) was an Iranian diplomat .

Hossein Diba was one of four sons of Mehdi Diba (Sha'a al-Dawlah) an envoy in The Hague and Saint Petersburg and the grandfather of Farah Pahlavi . His son was Fereydoun Diba .

He enjoyed a traditional upbringing in Tehran, where he attended French school and learned French. The politically unsteady 1930s led him to the Qasr model prison as a confidante of Abdul-ossein Timurtash, the court minister.

Model prison Qasr

Career

He entered the foreign service and was employed at the consulates in Batumi and Tbilisi . In addition, he became third class delegation secretary in The Hague . He then worked in the second division of the League of Nations . Subsequently he was employed by the Ministry of Economic Affairs. He was first class delegation secretary in Bucharest and in 1944 Baghdad . From 1950 to 1952 he was chargé d'affaires in Brussels . In the summer of 1953, at the time of the Abadan crisis , Diba was head of the passport office in Tehran. After Mohammad Reza Pahlavi emerged as ruler from Operation Ajax , his distrust of the foreign service was reflected in rules that prohibited ambassadors from publishing books. The circle of diplomats who enjoyed his trust was manageable, which in the case of Diba led to simultaneous appointments. On August 15, 1954, he was accredited Ministre plénipotentiaire in Jedda , for the same function he was also appointed in Addis Ababa , for which he should change his place of residence every six months and also perform special tasks in Oman .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ In the early 1920s, the new autocratically minded regime of Reza Shah began considering the construction of a large prison. Qasr was to be Iran's first modern prison, Qasr Prison was known as the Iranian Bastille. In actual fact, it did not deserve such a macabre reputation. Ardashir Ovanessian, Memoirs. .... Ovanessian writes that the Qasr inmates were the first to feel the changes in national politics: dignitaries arrived at any time of the day, sometimes after playing cards with the royal family that same evening. Seven prominent figures passed through Qasr before meeting their deaths in the Central Jail: Timurtash and Firuz Mirza, two of the triumvirate who had reformed the judicial system; Abdul-Hossein Diba, Timurtash's confidant and the uncle of the future empress Farah Diba, ... cf. Ervand Abrahamian, Tortured Confessions: Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran, [1] pp. 44 f.
2. ↑ The director of the passport department in the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Hossein Diba, took over the representation of Iranian interests in the neighboring states of Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia. He was to reside in one of the two countries for six months at a time. From Saudi Arabia, where he had diplomatic status, he also had special tasks to perform in Oman, [2] , Hossein Diba, Minister. Presented his credentials on August 15, 1954. Formerly Minister in Brussels, and not too happy about being posted to Jedda. A man of considerable experience in Europe. Is a most likeable and friendly man. courteous and civilized and fund of things European. It is too early yet to assess his professional ability, but the chances are that he is not very forceful when it comes to arguing with the Saudis. However, there is probably hole to argue about since Persian affairs here are limited more or less to those connected with the pilgrimage. He speaks fluent French and Turkish and a little English and hopes to have his wife join him here soon cf. Paul Preston, Michael Partridge, Malcolm Yapp, LexisNexis, British documents on foreign affairs - reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print: From 1951 through 1956. Near and Middle East, 2008 [3] p. 148 ; Iran Who's who, Echo of Iran., 1976, p. 132

predecessor	Office	successor
	Iranian Chargé d'Affaires in Brussels from 1950 to 1952	Khosrow Hedayat
Mozaffar Alam	Iranian Ministre plénipotentiaire in Jedda and Addis Ababa August 15, 1954 to 1956	Mahmoud Salahi