Parviz C. Radji
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Parviz Camran Radji was an Iranian diplomat and the last ambassador in London, under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
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in Tehran, The Hill School
in the USA. After his graduation he studied economics at Trinity College, Cambridge
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Back in Iran, he began his career in 1959 at the National Iranian Oil Company
as a trainee. The future Prime Minister Amir-Abbas Hoveyda headed in that time, the NIOC. He became aware of Parviz Radjii and made him his assistant. In 1965 Prime Minister Hassan-Ali Mansur was killed in an attack and Hoveyda became his successor, Radji worked four years as private secretary in the office of Prime Minister Hoveyda.
By Hoveyda he met Princess Ashraf Pahlavi know, the representative of Iran at this time in the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations and was chairman of numerous foundations. From 1970 to 1973 Radji worked in the office of Princess Ashraf at the Iranian UN delegation in New York.
1973 Radjii returned back to Iran until 1976 and was special adviser to Prime Minister Hoveyda. From 1976 Radji was sent as ambassador to London. Radji was of 4 June 1976 to 26 Iranian ambassador in London in January 1979. On 16 January 1979, when Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi left Iran, was Radji Ahmad Mirfendereski, the new foreign minister by Prime Minister Shapur Bakhtiar call them taught, that he no longer was Iranian ambassador in London. Radji went a few days in his office, packed his belongings and permanently left the embassy on 26 January, 1979.
Parviz C. Radji did not return to Iran, but stayed in the UK and still lives in London.
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, Shah of Persia , ruled Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979...
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Life
Parviz Radji was the son of an orthopedic surgeon born in 1936 in Tehran. Parviz attended after elementary school the Alborz High SchoolAlborz High School
Alborz High School , is a college preparatory high school located in the heart of Tehran, Iran. It is named after the Alborz mountain range north of Tehran.- History :...
in Tehran, The Hill School
The Hill School
The Hill School is a preparatory boarding school for boys and girls located in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, about 35 miles northwest of Philadelphia....
in the USA. After his graduation he studied economics at Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
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Back in Iran, he began his career in 1959 at the National Iranian Oil Company
National Iranian Oil Company
The National Iranian Oil Company , a government-owned corporation under the direction of the Ministry of Petroleum of Iran, is an oil and natural gas producer and distributor headquartered in Tehran. It was established in 1948...
as a trainee. The future Prime Minister Amir-Abbas Hoveyda headed in that time, the NIOC. He became aware of Parviz Radjii and made him his assistant. In 1965 Prime Minister Hassan-Ali Mansur was killed in an attack and Hoveyda became his successor, Radji worked four years as private secretary in the office of Prime Minister Hoveyda.
By Hoveyda he met Princess Ashraf Pahlavi know, the representative of Iran at this time in the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations and was chairman of numerous foundations. From 1970 to 1973 Radji worked in the office of Princess Ashraf at the Iranian UN delegation in New York.
1973 Radjii returned back to Iran until 1976 and was special adviser to Prime Minister Hoveyda. From 1976 Radji was sent as ambassador to London. Radji was of 4 June 1976 to 26 Iranian ambassador in London in January 1979. On 16 January 1979, when Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi left Iran, was Radji Ahmad Mirfendereski, the new foreign minister by Prime Minister Shapur Bakhtiar call them taught, that he no longer was Iranian ambassador in London. Radji went a few days in his office, packed his belongings and permanently left the embassy on 26 January, 1979.
Parviz C. Radji did not return to Iran, but stayed in the UK and still lives in London.