Word: zahedi
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Actress Elizabeth Taylor, who charmed Iranian Ambassador Ardeshir Zahedi during a visit to Washington, D.C. (TIME, May 17), proved a little less enchanting to the ambassador's countrymen. Invited on Iran Air's inaugural nonstop flight from New York to Tehran, Taylor came playing the role of temperamental tourist. On arrival she sent Tehran police in search of a missing hand-carried package. Rumored to be a jewelry box, it turned out to be some Glenfiddich pure malt scotch. Then came a minor row at her hotel when she found her accommodations were not the royal suite...
...Blue Bird, recalled Elizabeth Taylor, 44, because "I wanted to help build the relationship between Russia and the United States." Maybe, but when Liz went to Washington, D.C., for the movie's premiere last week, she seemed far more interested in improving her relationship with Iranian Ambassador Ardeshir Zahedi, 48. Taylor, who first met the bachelor ambassador at one of his lavish capital parties last month, arrived this time as a guest in his sumptuous embassy residence. Hand in hand, the pair took a tour of dinner parties and luncheons, and one evening they passed up a Blue Bird...
...dirty fun of a snitch," said another. A local socialite is planning an "Ear Ball" honoring Washingtonians mentioned in the column. The Star mails a gold-colored ear-shaped pin to all whose names have appeared, and some capital notables, including Presidential Assistant William Seidman and Iranian Ambassador Ardeshir Zahedi, have worn these badges of celebrity in their lapels...
...Russian-born ballet star, and what have you got? A floor show-if the principals are Massachusetts Republican Edward Brooke, Elizabeth Taylor, Liza Minnelli and Mikhail Baryshnikov, who went into action last week at the Iranian Embassy in Washington, D.C. The occasion: a raucous, boozy party by Ambassador Ardeshir Zahedi in honor of the American...
Ballet Theater. Zahedi's groupies included Ballerinas Alicia Alonso and Natalia Makarova, Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. But it was Taylor with her emerald-and-diamond baubles that caught the lights. It hardly mattered that pre-party rumors had erroneously linked Liz and Kissinger as dates for the evening. Sniffed Taylor imperially: "The important thing is that I came. Right...