Reza Safinia

Reza Safinia visits Chaim Weizmann in Rehovot on May 14, 1950

Reza Safinia ( Persian رضا صفی‌نیا; * 1897 in Tabriz ; † unknown) was an Iranian diplomat .

Career

He practiced the profession of lawyer , entered the foreign service in 1934 and received exequatur as consul general in Baku . He was then Legation Counselor in Moscow and in 1948 Chargé d'Affaires in Baghdad as well as representative to the United Nations in a commission for the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide .

Until March 1950 he was in charge of public relations at the Iranian Foreign Ministry. From March 1950 to July 1951 he headed the Special Representation, Talbieh, Jerusalem . On March 6, 1950, during the Nouruz vacation of the Majles , the Mohammad Mossadegh government established diplomatic relations with the government of David Ben-Gurion . On March 15, 1950, the Iranian government de facto recognized the Israeli government by sending Reza Safinia as special representative.

In July 1951, bilateral relations between Israel and Iran deteriorated. The Iranian Consulate General (Consul General Abdol-Hossein Sadiq-Esfandiari ) was closed by order of the Iranian government and the Iranian representative Reza Safinia was ordered to leave Jerusalem. This decision was apparently the result of Egypt's promise that its representative would assist Iran at the International Court of Justice in The Hague . The Anglo-Persian Oil Company had sued for compensation for the nationalization of the Iranian oil industry. Arab states offered Iran to support them in this dispute. When asked, the Iranian government cited budgetary constraints as the cause of the representative withdrawal to the Israeli government. One argument in favor of the turnaround was that neighbors Iraq should be favorably agreed and, if the oil were to be recaptured militarily, be prevented from providing a deployment area for intervention troops.

From 1958 Switzerland was the protective power of Iranian interests in Israel

Individual evidence

^ UN, 1948, Official Records, [1]
↑ Malcolm Yapp, British documents on foreign affairs: reports and papers from the foreign office confidential print. From 1946 through 1950. Near and Middle-East 1946. Turkey, january 1946-december 1946 and Eastern Affairs, january 1946-march 1946, p. 130
^ The Mossadegh Project, October 9, 2010, Iran and Israel, A Chronology [2]
↑ In January 1950 Entezam called today and made the following declarations orally and in writing: "Reza Safinia, Ministre plénipotentiaire, est nommé envoyé spécial et chargé de sauvegarder les intérêts des Iraniens résidand en Palestine. Le Gouvernement Iranien serait très reconnaissant si le Gouvernement dès reconnaissant si le 'Israël voulait thunder des instructions aux autorités militaires de frontière en vue de faciliter l'entrée de M. Safinia sur le territoire d'Israël. " (In January 1950, Nasrollah Entezam made the following statements orally and in writing: "Reza Safinia, Minister Plenipotentiary, will be appointed Special Envoy in charge of safeguarding the interests of Iranians living in Palestine. The Iranian government would be very grateful if the government of Israel wanted to give instructions to the military border authorities to facilitate the entry of Mr Safinia into Israeli territory. See documents on the foreign policy of Israel, 1951, p. 22 ; The Jewish Agency for Israel Digest of Press and Events , p. 1554
^ Jacob Abadi, Israel's Quest for Recognition and Acceptance in Asia: Garrison State Diplomacy, p. 39
↑ Iran's affairs in Israel were represented since 1958 by the Swiss Embassy. 2. Ibrahim Teymoori cf. Jacob Abadi, Israel's Quest for Recognition and Acceptance in Asia: Garrison State Diplomacy, p. 39

predecessor	Office	successor
Mohsen Raïs	Iranian Chargé d'Affaires in Baghdad in 1948	Manouchehr Marzban
	Special envoy charged with protecting the interests of the Iranians living in Palestine March 1950 to July 1951	Ibrahim Teymoori, Head of the Iranian Interest Group at the Swiss Embassy from January 1960

personal data
SURNAME	Safinia, Reza
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	نیا, رضا صفی (Persian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Iranian diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	1897
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tabriz
DATE OF DEATH	after 1958

↑ Notes 1. The Note, dated January 7th, 1960, is to be found in File 130.15 / 3761/20. Iran's affairs in Israel were represented since 1958 by the Swiss Embassy. 2. Ibrahim Teymoori, an Iranian diplomat of the rank of second secretary, was posted, Documents on the Foreign Policy of the State of Israel, 1960, [3]

[1] UN, 1948, Official Records, [1]

[2] Malcolm Yapp, British documents on foreign affairs: reports and papers from the foreign office confidential print. From 1946 through 1950. Near and Middle-East 1946. Turkey, january 1946-december 1946 and Eastern Affairs, january 1946-march 1946, p. 130

[3] The Mossadegh Project, October 9, 2010, Iran and Israel, A Chronology [2]

[4] In January 1950 Entezam called today and made the following declarations orally and in writing: "Reza Safinia, Ministre plénipotentiaire, est nommé envoyé spécial et chargé de sauvegarder les intérêts des Iraniens résidand en Palestine. Le Gouvernement Iranien serait très reconnaissant si le Gouvernement dès reconnaissant si le 'Israël voulait thunder des instructions aux autorités militaires de frontière en vue de faciliter l'entrée de M. Safinia sur le territoire d'Israël. " (In January 1950, Nasrollah Entezam made the following statements orally and in writing: "Reza Safinia, Minister Plenipotentiary, will be appointed Special Envoy in charge of safeguarding the interests of Iranians living in Palestine. The Iranian government would be very grateful if the government of Israel wanted to give instructions to the military border authorities to facilitate the entry of Mr Safinia into Israeli territory. See documents on the foreign policy of Israel, 1951, p. 22 ; The Jewish Agency for Israel Digest of Press and Events , p. 1554

[5] Jacob Abadi, Israel's Quest for Recognition and Acceptance in Asia: Garrison State Diplomacy, p. 39

[6] Iran's affairs in Israel were represented since 1958 by the Swiss Embassy. 2. Ibrahim Teymoori cf. Jacob Abadi, Israel's Quest for Recognition and Acceptance in Asia: Garrison State Diplomacy, p. 39

[7] Notes 1. The Note, dated January 7th, 1960, is to be found in File 130.15 / 3761/20. Iran's affairs in Israel were represented since 1958 by the Swiss Embassy. 2. Ibrahim Teymoori, an Iranian diplomat of the rank of second secretary, was posted, Documents on the Foreign Policy of the State of Israel, 1960, [3]