Word: zahedi
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...specialist in Islamic philosophy and law, Khomeini lives the typically ascetic life of a mullah and hardly looks like a political leader who could galvanize a nation. Yet no less a personage than Ardeshir Zahedi, Iranian Ambassador to the U.S., tried to pay a call on Khomeini in France. The reported purpose of the visit was to persuade Khomeini to return to Iran and help defuse the crisis. But Khomeini refused to see the ambassador. He will not return to Iran, he insists, until the Shah's rule has ended. Last week TIME Correspondent Dean Brelis interviewed Khomeini...
...mood of humility, the Shah launched a campaign of reconciliation with his religious opponents. He brought home his ambassador to the U.S., Ardeshir Zahedi, to open a dialogue with dissident mullahs. Sharif-Emami was expected to call this week on Ayatullah Sharietmadari, 76, the religious teacher who is regarded as the most powerful spokesman for the Shi'ite opposition. In addition, Ayatullah Khomeini, 80, a popular mullah exiled in Iraq since 1963, might be permitted to return home if he disavows the overthrow of the Shah...
...purport to be art. First of all, as in every issue, there are full-page photographs of children of the famous. This month Elizabeth Taylor's 16-year-old daughter Maria Burton and 22-year-old son Christopher Wilding grace pages six and seven. They were photographed by Firooz Zahedi, with whom young Christopher plans to open a photography studio soon in New York. Both of Taylor's children are good-looking, both seem deliberately posed to provoke comparison with Beautiful Mama, yet neither has much sparkle. While this may be simply the fault of the portraits, it also seems...
...Ardeshir Zahedi, D.H., Iranian Ambassador to the U.S. Your'outstanding diplomatic skills were displayed ... when you volunteered your services in the settlement of a recent and potentially explosive situation here in our nation's capital...
...early for TIME'S "Man of the Year" nominations, but surely deserving consideration are Pakistani Ambassador Sahabzada Yaqub-Khan, Egyptian Ambassador Ashraf Ghorbal and Iranian Ambassador Ardeshir Zahedi for their crucial role in the release of the hostages held by the Hanafi gunmen...