Amir-Aslan Afshar
Ambassador of Iran to West Germany
In office
12 September 1973 – 1 August 1977
Prime MinisterAmir-Abbas Hoveida
Preceded byHossein Loghman-Adham
Succeeded byHushang Amir-Mokri
Ambassador of Iran to the United States
In office
16 October 1969 – 7 March 1973
Prime MinisterAmir-Abbas Hoveida
Preceded byHushang Ansary
Succeeded byArdeshir Zahedi
Ambassador of Iran to Austria
In office
1 August 1967 – 16 October 1969
Prime MinisterAmir-Abbas Hoveida
Preceded byAhmad Akhzar
Succeeded byEsmaeil Farbord
Member of the National Consultative Assembly
In office
20 August 1956 – 20 August 1960
ConstituencyMaragheh
Personal details
Born(1919-11-22)22 November 1919
Tehran, Sublime State of Persia
Died18 February 2021(2021-02-18) (aged 101)
Nice, France
NationalityIranian
Spouse
Kamila Sa'ed
​
(m. 1949)​
Children2
Parent(s)Jan-Mohammad Khan Amir Masoud (father)
Amir-Bano Tal'at Molok (mother)
RelativesMohammad Sa'ed (father-in-law)
Alma materUniversity of Vienna

Amīr Aṣlān Afshār (Persian: امیراصلان افشار; 22 November 1919[1] – 18 February 2021)[2] was an Iranian politician and diplomat.

Early life

He was a descendant of Afshar Qasemlu who ruled Kerman, during the reign of Nader Shah of the Afsharid dynasty. His father, Colonel Amir Masoud Afshar Qasemlu, served during Reza Shah's reign.[2] He graduated from the Hindenburg-Oberrealschule Berlin-Wilmersdorf in 1939, and received his doctorate in political science from the University of Vienna in 1942.[2]

Career

Afshār joined the Foreign Service in 1948. From 1950 to 1954, he was an attaché at the Iranian embassy in The Hague. From 1956 to 1960, he was a member of the National Consultative Assembly. In addition to his work as a member of parliament, he was a delegate to the United Nations Economic Committee from 1957 to 1961.[2]

He later served as the Ambassador of Iran to Austria from 1967 to 1969, then as the Ambassador of Iran to the United States from 1969 to 1972, and the Ambassador of Iran to West Germany from 1973 to 1977.[3]

On January 16, 1979, during the Iranian Revolution, Afshar left Iran on the same plane as Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.[4]

Death

On 18 February 2021, Afshār died during the COVID-19 pandemic in France, at his home in Nice,[2] aged 101.[3]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "تسلیت شهبانو فرح به مناسبت درگذشت تنها رئیس ایرانی آژانس بین‌المللی انرژی اتمی". ایندیپندنت فارسی. February 20, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "امیراصلان افشار، دیپلمات سرشناس ایرانی، درگذشت". rfi.fr (in Persian). 19 February 2021.
  3. 1 2 "امیراصلان افشار، دیپلمات پیشین ایرانی، در فرانسه درگذشت". رادیو فردا.
  4. ↑ "Tehran to Cairo - English Subtitled - YouTube". YouTube.
  5. ↑ "Aufstellung aller durch den Bundespräsidenten verliehenen Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich ab 1952" (PDF). parlament.gv.at (in German). 23 April 2012. p. 191.


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