Ardeshir Zahedi is a descendant of two families that have shaped the history of modern Iran. His father, Fazlollah Zahedi (1897 1963), served as prime minister and was an important political and military figure of the Pahlavi period. His maternal grandfather, Nasrollah Khan Moshir od-Dowleh, served as the first prime minister of Iran after the establishment of the constitution in 1907. Ardeshir Zahedi has led a very eventful life. During World War II, when Ardeshir was twelve, his father, who was the commander of the Isfahan division, was arrested by the occupying allied forces and imprisoned in Palestine. After completing his college education at Utah State University, Ardeshir returned to Iran to become deputy director of the Point Four Program. During the tumultuous events of the summer of 1953, he was at his father s side and during General Zahedi s premiership (1953-1955) he was the liason between the prime minister and the Shah Mohammad-Reza Pahlavi. In 1957 he married the Shah s firstborn, Princess Shahnaz. Princess Mahnaz, the Shah s first grandaughter was born a year later. Although the couple separated in 1964, Ardeshir still remained a close confidant and friend of the Shah until the monarch s death in 1980. In the last two decades of the Pahlavi dynasty, Ardeshir Zahedi served as ambassador to the United States, to the Court of Saint James and five years as foreign minister of Iran. During his diplomatic career he took an active role in the United Nations discussions after the Arab-Israeli war in 1967 and in the preparation of the first Islamic Conference Summit. As the head of the Iranian Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly, he signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. In 1977 Zahedi played a key role in the release of more than 165 hostages during the Hanafi hostage incident in Washington DC. The Memoirs of Ardeshir Zahedi are the chronicles of an eventful life and at the same time relate over sixty years of Iranian history. He presently resides in Switzerland.

The Memoirs of Ardeshir Zahedi: From Childhood to the End of My Father's Premiership (Farsi Edition)

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Volume II of the much awaited memoirs of Ardeshir Zahedi covers the period 1954 to 1965. In it a fascinating first had account is given of significant historical events including: his friendship with Princess Shahnaz, the Shah s only child and how it developed into love and then marriage; the last years and the passing of his father Fazlollah Zahedi the former Prime Minister; the Shah s separation from Soraya and Zahedi s role in helping to find a new queen; his ambassadorships to the United States and England and his friendships with the powerful and famous of both countries; and his later divorce from Princess Shahnaz. The Shah s important state visit to India and Pakistan; the relations between Iran and England; as well as the attempt on the life of the Shah in 1965 are also discussed.

Memoirs of Ardeshir Zahedi 1954-1965: Khaterat-e Ardeshir Zahedi Jeld II (1333-1344) (Persian Edition)

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The second volume of Ardeshir Zahedi s memoirs covers the years 1955 to 1966. During that period: his father passes away; he falls in love and marries the Shah's daughter, Shahnaz; he is appointed ambassador to the United Kingdom and learns the interactions of British civil and court politics; he is appointed ambassador to the United States where he becomes acquainted, among others, with President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon and the Kennedy brothers; and he experiences first hand the student opposition to the Shah in the United States. He also describes his and Princess Shahnaz s involvement in the process of selecting a suitable wife for the Shah, who had recently separated from Queen Soraya, and who wanted to remarry and produce a male heir. CONTENTS Foreword to Volume Two Introduction and Acknowledgements Memories of the Visit to India, Pakistan, Turkey and the Soviet Union Love and Marriage Coup D état in Baghdad The Fabricated Story of the Ordubadi Coup D état Finding a Wife for the Shah Mission in Washington Mission in London My Father s Death and Separation from Princess Shahnaz The 1965 Attempt on the Shah Anglo-Iranian Relations Documents Relating to Volume II Index

The Memoirs of Ardeshir Zahedi: Love, Marriage, Ambassador to the United Sates and Ambassador to Great Britain (1955-1966)

"Globally celebrated as a lifelong champion of world peace and understanding, Ardeshir Zahedi shaped more than three decades of geopolitical history." Dedication Plaque, State University of Utah Atrium 2015 "To Ardeshir Zahedi who always remembers and is always remembered: from his friend Richard Nixon" President RICHARD NIXON July 1973 on a personal gift to AZ with two pens and flags of Iran and America and two hands shaking "Ardeshir was a serious effective and visionary diplomat, who negotiated the release of 165 hostages who had been captured and held at gunpoint by Hanafi Moslem terrorists in Washington, D.C., in March 1977." Senator Edward William Brook "Most speeches were delivered some four decades ago but there is never a date for truth. One may even regret that the same ideas are even more relevant today as selfish pursuits and arrogance of the mighty continue to betray our noble dreams for a better world. We sometimes feel that we have been " progressing backward!" The Editors "We should not worry if we do not pray to the same God, believe in the same tenets, share the same traditions, or speak the same language, for it is in this variety that lie our hope and our strength." AZ "Ardeshir Zahedi had not only given all who crossed his path a lift in making diplomacy work, in making the U.S. and Iran closer than ever before, he had been generous not only to the powerful, but to Washington charities, and, very quietly, he had given money even to strangers in need whom he read about in newspapers. He had braved angry American campuses to tell students not only how great his country was, but also how great our country is. I have known no one in his position who at the same time has proven his loyalty to his own country and has so much love for our country" President RONALD REAGAN

Recollections of An Architect of Peace: turbulent decades events that changed the course of history, Selected Speeches,Interviews and Articles By Ardeshir Zahedi

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Mémoires d'Ardéshir Zahédi Tome I: Témoignage sur l'Iran d'hier

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