Abbas Aram (1906–1985) was an

Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian lan ...

diplomat and served as foreign minister for two terms between 1959 and 1960 and between 1962 and 1966. In addition, he was the ambassador of Iran to various countries, including Iraq, the United Kingdom and China.

Career

Aram was the first secretary at the embassy of Iran in the United States in the 1940s. As of 1950 he was serving as the

chargé d'affaires A ''chargé d'affaires'' (), plural ''chargés d'affaires'', often shortened to ''chargé'' (French) and sometimes in colloquial English to ''charge-D'', is a diplomat who serves as an embassy's chief of mission in the absence of the ambassado ...

there. He was the Iranian ambassador to Japan and then, to Iraq during the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Aram served as foreign minister in the late 1950s and 1960s. More specifically, he was twice appointed foreign minister. His first term was brief, from 1959 to 1960. He was appointed to the post for a second term on 19 July 1962. On 30 April and 1 May 1963 he represented Iran at the eleventh session of

CENTO The Middle East Treaty Organization (METO), also known as the Baghdad Pact and subsequently known as the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO), was a military alliance of the Cold War. It was formed in 24 February 1955 by Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Tur ...

ministerial council in Karachi, Pakistan. He was also named as the minister of foreign affairs in the

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led by Prime Minister Hassan Ali Mansur on 7 March 1964. He remained in office until 1966 when

Ardeshir Zahedi Ardeshir Zahedi, GCVO ( fa, اردشیر زاهدی; 16 October 1928 – 18 November 2021) was an Iranian politician and diplomat who served as the country's foreign minister from 1966 to 1971, and its ambassador to the United States and the Un ...

replaced him in the post. Next Aram served as Iranian ambassador to the United Kingdom. He was appointed to the post in February 1967, replacing Ardeshir Zahedi. Aram's tenure ended in November 1969 when

Amir Khosrow Afshar Amir Khosrow Afshar (1919–1999; fa, امیرخسرو افشار قاسملو) was an Iranian diplomat, who served as the minister of foreign affairs of Iran during the Shah era from 1978 to 1979. Biography Born in 1919 in Tehran, Afshar was a ...

was appointed Iranian ambassador to the United Kingdom. In December 1973, Aram was appointed Iranian ambassador to China, becoming the first Iranian diplomat served in the post.

Views

In July 1960 in a press conference Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi expressed his positive attitude towards Israel which was harshly criticized by the Egyptian President

Gamal Abdel Nasser Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein, . (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was an Egyptian politician who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the Egyptian revolution of 1952 and introduced far-r ...

. Following this incident both states expelled each other's ambassadors, and the Foreign Minister Aram stated that Gamal Abdel Nasser was a "light-headed

pharaoh Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian: '' pr ꜥꜣ''; cop, , Pǝrro; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') is the vernacular term often used by modern authors for the kings of ancient Egypt who ruled as monarchs from the First Dynasty (c. 3150 BC) until th ...

who is ruling by bloodshed". In the 1960s Aram was among the Iranian statesmen who favoured Iran's close relations with the U.S. and other Western countries in order to secure the survival of the

Pahlavi dynasty The Pahlavi dynasty ( fa, دودمان پهلوی) was the last Iranian royal dynasty, ruling for almost 54 years between 1925 and 1979. The dynasty was founded by Reza Shah Pahlavi, a non-aristocratic Mazanderani soldier in modern times, who ...

Later years and death

Aram was arrested following the

regime change Regime change is the partly forcible or coercive replacement of one government regime with another. Regime change may replace all or part of the state's most critical leadership system, administrative apparatus, or bureaucracy. Regime change may ...

in 1979, but released later. He died in 1985 and was buried in

Behesht-e Zahra Behesht-e Zahra ( fa, بهشت زهرا, lit. ''The Paradise of Zahra'', from Fatima az-Zahra) is the largest cemetery in Iran. Located in the southern part of metropolitan Tehran, it is connected to the city by Tehran Metro Line 1. History I ...

cemetery in Tehran.

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