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The following is the chapter on "Aredeshir Zahedi" from Dr. Abbas Milani's book, Eminent Persians. Published by Syracuse University Press in 2008, Eminent Persians consists of two volumes, profiling 150 of Iran's most prominent figures in politics, economics, and culture between the World War II period and the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Apr 2, 2024 · Zahedi held the post until 1991, several years after the war ended. The next record of his ascent through Iran’s military ranks came in 2005 when Zahedi was briefly the commander of the air ...
Apr 3, 2024 · Mohammad Reza Zahedi was born on November 2, 1960, in Isfahan. In 1980, he joined the IRGC, where he was the commander of influential divisions like the 14th Imam Hossein Division during the Iran-Iraq War. Hossein Salami, the commander-in-chief of the IRGC, also commanded the 14th Imam Hossein Division, and like Zahedi, he hailed from Isfahan ...
Mar 21, 2012 · After the war Ardeshir ventured abroad to study in Beirut and the United States. He returned to Iran to play an important role in the political life of his country alongside his father and the Shah, Mohammad-Reza Pahlavi. A few years later, he and Princess Shahnaz, the Shah’s first child, fell in love and were married.
Nov 20, 2021 · Image: U.S. Department of State. Pahlavi Iran’s last ambassador to the United States, Ardeshir Zahedi, who died on Thursday at the age of 93, was nothing short of legendary. He was arguably the ...
Apr 2, 2024 · Zahedi joined the IRGC the following year, when he was 20, at the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq War. Both men rose to prominence in the ranks of the special-operations Quds Force over the ensuing ...
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Sep 29, 2024 · It was Soleimani who appointed Zahedi commander of the Quds Force Lebanon Corps in 1998, a position he held until 2002, and to which he was reappointed in 2008. He was responsible for organizing support for the regime of President Bashar Assad during the Syrian civil war, and overseeing shipments of Iranian weapons to Hezbollah via Syria.
