Parviz Camran Radji ((

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

: پرویز‌ کامران راجی) 16 October 1936,

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

– 23 March 2014,

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) was an Iranian diplomat and the last ambassador in London, under Shah

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980) was the last List of monarchs of Iran, Shah of Iran, ruling from 1941 to 1979. He succeeded his father Reza Shah and ruled the Imperial State of Iran until he was overthrown by the ...

Life

Radji was the son of an orthopedic surgeon born in 1936 in Tehran. After finishing elementary school in Tehran, Radji attended

Alborz High School Alborz High School () is a college-preparatory gifted high school located in the heart of Tehran, Iran. It is one of the first modern high schools in Asia and the Middle East, named after the Alborz mountain range, north of Tehran. Its place in th ...

in Tehran and then

The Hill School The Hill School is a coeducational preparatory boarding school located on a campus in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, about northwest of Philadelphia. The Hill is part of the Ten Schools Admission Organization. The school is accredited by the Mi ...

in the United States. After graduation from high school he studied economics at

Trinity Hall, Cambridge Trinity Hall (formally The College or Hall of the Holy Trinity in the University of Cambridge, colloquially "Tit Hall" ) is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1350, it is th ...

. Back in Iran, he began his career in 1959 at

National Iranian Oil Company The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC; ) is a government-owned national oil and natural gas producer and distributor under the direction of the Ministry of Petroleum of Iran. NIOC was established in 1951 and restructured under The Consorti ...

as a trainee. *By that time Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, future prime minister, who was the director of the Administration Department of NIOC appointed Radji as his assistant. In 1965 Prime Minister

Hassan-Ali Mansur Hasan Ali Mansur (‎; 13 April 1923 – 26 January 1965) was an Iranian politician who served as Prime Minister from 1964 to 1965. He served during the White Revolution of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and was assassinated by a member of the ...

was killed in an attack and Hoveyda succeeded him as prime minister. Radji worked four years as private secretary in the office of Hoveyda. Through Hoveyda he met

Princess Ashraf Pahlavi Ashraf ol-Molouk Pahlavi (, , 26 October 1919 – 7 January 2016) was the twin sister of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the late Shah of Iran (Name of Iran, Persia), and a member of the Pahlavi dynasty. She was considered the "power behind her brother" ...

, by that time Iran's representative in the

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and was chairman of numerous foundations. From 1970 to 1973 Radji worked in the office of Pahlavi at the Iranian United Nations delegation in

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. In 1973 Radji returned to Iran and until 1976 he was special adviser to Hoveyda. From 1976 Radji was sent as the ambassador to

. He served in this position from 4 June 1976 until 26 January 1979 just before the Islamic revolution in Iran. On 16 January 1979, the day Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi left Iran,

Ahmad Mirfendereski Ahmad Mirfendereski (; 9 May 1918 – 2 May 2004) was an Iranian diplomat, politician and the last minister of foreign affairs of the Shah era in Iran. Career Mirfendereski began his career at the ministry of foreign affairs and held many posts ...

who was the new foreign minister under Prime Minister

Shapur Bakhtiar Shapour Bakhtiar (, ; 26 June 19146 August 1991) was an Iranian politician who served as the last Prime Minister of Iran under the rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In the words of the historian Abbas Milani: "more than once in the tone of a jere ...

, called Radji and informed him that he no longer was Iranian ambassador in London. He stayed for few days in his office, packed his belongings and permanently left the Embassy on 26 January 1979. After the revolution, Radji did not return to Iran; instead stayed in the United Kingdom.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Radji, Parviz C. 20th-century Iranian diplomats 1936 births 2014 deaths 20th-century Iranian politicians Ambassadors of Iran to the United Kingdom Exiles of the Iranian Revolution in the United Kingdom The Hill School alumni Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge Politicians from Tehran