Zahidi (Ardashir) papers
Talks between the Shah and the President of Turkey 1967

Talks between the Shah and the Prime Minister of Turkey 1967

Talks between the Shah and the Foreign Minister of Iran with the President and the Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia 1967

Talks between the Shah and the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany 1967

Talks between the Shah and the President of Turkey 1968

Talks between the Shah and the Prime Minister of Iran with Alexei Kosygin 1968

Talks between the King of Morocco, the Prime Minister of Iran, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran 1968

Talks between the Foreign Ministers of Great Britain and Iran in London 1968

Scope and Contents note

Topics include the Persian Gulf and Middle Eastern countries.

Talks between the Shah and the Prime Minister of Iran with Marshal Tito 1968

Scope and Contents note

Other participants include Koča Popović and Amir Khosrow Afshar. Subjects include Arab countries, Arab-Israeli relations, and Vietnam.

Talks between the Shah and the President of Turkey 1968

Talks between the Prime Minister of Iran and the President of Poland 1968

Talks between the Shah and the Prime Minister of France 1968

Scope and Contents note

Transciption from meetings with the Shah, George Pompidou, Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, and Zahedi, largely on economic issues.

Talks between the Shah and the President of Poland 1968

Scope and Contents note

Includes transcripts from talks between the Shah and Marian Spychalski, Chairman of the Council of State.

Correspondence with the British Secretary of State on the Persian Gulf Federation 1968

CENTO talks with the American ambassadors in Tehran and in Kabul 1966-1967

Scope and Contents note

Includes letters, transcript notes from talks between Zahedi, Armin H. Meyer, Robert G. Neumann; and Zahedi's notes to the Shah; and transcripts from other CENTO talks.

Talks between the Shah and the President of Iraq 1967

Scope and Contents note

Includes documents related to the 1967 Iraq state visit to Iran, including notes from discussions between the Shah and President Abdul Rahman Arif, between Zahedi and Foreign Minister Adnan Pachachi, Zahedi's notes and talking points, as well as a draft joint communique.

Talks between the Shah, the Prime Minister of Iran, and the Prime Minister of Iraq 1968

Scope and Contents note

Includes communications between Zahedi and Amir Khosrow Afshar, transcipts from talks between the Shah, Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, Tahir Yahya, Amir Khosrow Afshar and ʻAbd al-Jabbār Shanshal, and a draft communique.

Talks between the Shah and the Chancellor of Germany 1968

Talks between the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of Germany 1968

Talks between the Shah and the Prime Minister of Afghanistan 1968

Talks between the Prime Minister of Iran and the Prime Minister and King of Afghanistan 1968

Scope and Contents note

Includes reports and summaries of talks, drafts of agreements, memos, and a joint communique. Subjects include the Helmand River.

Talks between the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister of Romania 1968

Talks between the Shah and the Prime Minister of India 1969

Talks between the Shah and the Foreign Minister of Turkey 1969-1971

Talks between the Shah and the Foreign Minister of India 1969-1971

Scope and Contents note

Also includes transcipts from talks between Zahedi and Swaran Singh, Foreign Minister of India.

Talks between Zahedi and the Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan 1969

Talks between the Shah and the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia 1969

Report from the Shah's ambassador in Kuwait on the activities of Ba'athists 1969

Talks between the President of Pakistan and the Prime Minister of Iran 1969

Talks between the Shah and Pál Losonczi, Chairman of the Hungarian Presidential Council 1969

Talks between the Shah and the President of Mexico 1975

Letters from the Shah to the Crown Prince 1978 October 17

Scope and Contents note

Photocopy of one letter and a note from the Pahlavi family to Reza.

Stenographic Transcript of Hearings before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate : Business Meeting 1977 October 11

The Review of the News 1979 February 21

President Anwar Al-Sadat at the Islamic Center in Washington, D.C. 1975 October

Scope and Contents note

Includes photographs of Ardeshir, Anwar Sadat, Muhammad Abdul Rauf, and Ali Hamdi Al-Gammal, and an issue of The Bulletin of the Islamic Center 4, no. 4.

Interview with Gunther Less in New York 1976 December

Ardeshir Zahedi with Gerald and Betty Ford at horse show 1974 October 28

Reception at the White House for the Diplomatic Corps 1977 January 22

Scope and Contents note

Ardeshir and Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter.

Arrival of Ardeshir Zahedi in Washington, D.C. 1973 March 5

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Includes photographs of Patrick Daly, Abbas Ghaffari, Abdullah Malikyar, Endre Marton, Jack Miklos, Captain Movaghari, William Shawcross, and Marina Warner.

Luncheon in honor of the Sheikh of Sharjah 1973 June 13

Scope and Contents note

Includes photographs of Ardeshir, Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, Harold H. Saunders, Ibrahim Al-Sowayel, and J. William Fulbright.

Black tie dinner dance for the Shahbanu of Iran 1975 July 8

Scope and Contents note

Includes photographs of Ardeshir, Farah Pahlavi, Henry Kissinger, Rudolf Nureyev, Edward Kennedy, Fereydoun Hoveyda, Abbas Ghaffari, and Gholam H. Kazemian.

Black tie dinner for His Excellency and Mrs. Hushang Ansary 1974 October 3

Black tie dinner for His Excellency and Mrs. Hushang Ansary (continued) 1974 October 3

Black tie dinner for the Honorable and Mrs. Kenneth Rush 1974 November 4

Black tie dinner dance for Her Imperial Majesty the Shahbanu of Iran 1975 July 8

Scope and Contents note

Includes photos of Farah Pahlavi and Rudolf Nureyev.

Reception for the President of the Senate of the Bahamas 1976 April

Black tie dinner for the Honorable and Mrs. Carlisle Humelsine, President of Colonial Williamsburg 1976 June 8

Black tie dinner in honor of the Chancellor of Tehran University and Mrs. Hushang Nahavandi 1976 June 16

Informal dinner for the group responsible for the release of the hostages during the Hanafi Siege in Washington 1977 April 11

Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Homayoun Mirza 1977 May 6

Black tie dinner for Dr. and Mrs. Henry Kissinger 1977 May 10

Black tie dinner for Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Cecil Andrus 1977 May 20

Opening of the Haden-Zand Gallery 1977 June 14

Scope and Contents note

Includes photographs of Fred Haden, Andy Warhol, and Homa Zand.

Opening of the Haden-Zand Gallery (continued) 1977 June 14

Black tie dinner for General and Mrs. Hassan Toufanian 1977 June 22

Iran Night at the National Press Club 1977 June 23

Kappa Sigma reception at the embassy 1977 June 26

Her Imperial Majesty receiving the embassy staff 1977 July 11

Scope and Contents note

Includes photographs of Farah Pahlavi.

Black tie dinner on the occasion of the visit of Her Imperial Majesty 1977 July 11

Scope and Contents note

Includes photographs of Farah Pahlavi and Lily Amir-Arjomand.

Reception at the embassy following Her Majesty's visit 1977 July 13

Black tie dinner in honor of the Secretary of the Air Force and Mrs. John Stetson 1977 July 14

Black tie dinner for the Honorable and Mrs. Philip Buchen 1977 September 20

Scope and Contents note

Includes photographs of Mr. and Mrs. David Acheson, Mr. and Mrs. Tammenoms Bakker, Mr. and Mrs. J. Carter Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Roberto Gaja, Gretchen and William Gorog, Carla and Roderick Hills, Mr. and Mrs. Clark MacGregor, Lewis and Josephine Powell, Renee and Wallace H. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schmults, Filene Shouse, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Stevens, Elizabeth Taylor, and Mr. and Mrs. William Whyte.

Black tie dinner for His Excellency and Mrs. Hushang Ansary 1977 September 27

Scope and Contents note

Includes photographs of Cyrus A. Ansary, Lucy Bensen, Mr. and Mrs. John Brademas, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Bradley, Arthur and Helen Burns, Emine Esenbel, Denis and Edna Healey, Margaret and Peter Jay, Mr. and Mrs. J. Burke Knapp, Hugo B. Margáin, Charles and Rita Schultze, James Symington, David Suratgar, Johannes and Liesbeth Witteveen, and Philip and Marie-Lou de Zulueta.

Black tie dinner for the Foreign Minister of Turkey and Mrs. İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil 1977 October 10

Scope and Contents note

Includes photographs of Beryl and Lloyd Bentsen, Nancy Collins, Bill Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Evan Dobelle, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Fish, Mr. and Mrs. Philip L. Geyelin, Bo and Mab Goldman, Philip Habib, Antoinette and Mark Hatfield, Robert Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. Üner Kırdar, Kappy and William Leonard, George and Helen Mahon, Gillespie V. Montgomery, Joseph J. Sisco, Elizabeth Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. İlter Türkmen, and Clement Zablocki.

Black tie dinner for the Young Presidents' Organization 1977 October 13

Cocktails for the Peanut Brigade Group from Georgia 1977 October 15

Zodiac party at the Chevy Chase Club, jointly hosted by Ambassador Zahedi and Mrs. Philip Buchen 1977 October 19

Scope and Contents note

Includes photographs of Mr. and Mrs. David Acheson, Charles Bartlett, Clare Boothe Luce, Lewis Powell, Mr. and Mrs. Potter Stewart, and Mr. and Mrs. William Whyte.

Black tie dinner in honor of the Chief of the Liaison Office of the People's Republic of China Huang Chen and Madame Chu Lin 1977 November 1

Scope and Contents note

Includes photographs of Lucy Benson, Mr. and Mrs. David Brinkley, Evangeline Bruce, Mr. and Mrs. Marquis Childs, Mary Hoyt, Han Hsu, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ikard, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kalb, Mr. and Mrs. Michel Oksenberg, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Rather, Brent Scowcroft, and Richard Valeriani.

His Majesty meeting with the U.S.-Iran Business Council 1977 November 14

Scope and Contents note

Includes photographs of Farah and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Walter MacDonald, and Tom Brokaw.

State dinner for Their Majesties at the White House 1977 November 15

Reception following Their Imperial Majesties' state visit 1977 November

Howard University dinner at the Embassy 1977 December 2

Scope and Contents note

Includes photographs of Kessi and Paul Bomani, Maureen Bunyan, Dr. and Mrs. James Cheek, William Thaddeus Coleman Jr., Chester Davenport, Francis Alfonso William Dennis, Dennis O. Green, Donald Hense, Mr. and Mrs. Sanford McDonnell, and Dr. Charles Williams.

Black tie dinner for Governor and Mrs. Ronald Reagan 1977 December 15

Scope and Contents note

Includes photographs of Barbara and Joe Allbritton, Deeda Blair, William Blair, Aldred and Betsy Bloomingdale, Wiley Buchanan, Claudette Colbert, Janet Hooker, Slim Keith, Nan Kempner, Mr. and Mrs. James Kilpatrick, Mr. and Mrs. Austin H. Kiplinger, Paul Laxalt, John Willard Marriott, John McCain, Mary McGrory, Aileen Mehle, Harry Platt, Helen and William Safire, Richard Schweiker, Earl Smith, Mike Wallace, and Lynn Wyatt.

Ambassador Zahedi's interview by Mr. Gerald Green, Washington editor of Military Electronics Countermeasures 1977 December 16

Black tie dinner for His Excellency and Mrs. Mohammad Yeganeh 1978 February 27

Scope and Contents note

Includes photographs of W. Michael Blumenthal, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Crosby, Cloris Leachman, Jermaine and Warren Magnuson, Pat Mitchell, Charles Naas, Sam Nunn, Kermit Roosevelt Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Stone, William H. Sullivan, and Cyrus and Grace Vance.

Farewell reception for Dr. and Mrs. Abbas Ordoobadi 1978 March 3

Scope and Contents note

Includes photographs of Cecil Andrus, Elgin Groseclose, and Ibrahim Pourhadi.

Black tie dinner for General Gholam Reza Azhari and Lieutenant General Nasser Moghadam 1978 April 7

Scope and Contents note

Includes photographs of Clifford Alexander, Barbara and William Colby, Douglas MacArthur, and Khadijeh Pirnia.

Cocktails for Miss Beverly Sills 1978 May 3

Scope and Contents note

Includes photographs of Martin Agronsky, François Lefebvre de Laboulaye, and Søren Christian Sommerfelt.

Buffet dinner for members of the International Management and Development Institute 1978 May 19

Reception for the Capitol Children's Museum 1978 May 21

Informal dinner for His Excellency Ahmad Ali Ahmadi 1978 June 2

Informal dinner for Mr. and Mrs. George Allen 1978 June 16

Barbeque and swimming in honor of the Capitol Children's Museum at Zahedi's residence 1978 July 22

Scope and Contents note

Includes photographs of Farahnaz, Ali-Reza, and Laila Pahlavi.

Farewell reception for the Tavallalis, Ardalans, and Safinyas 1978 August 17

Black tie dinner for His Excellency Dr. Mohammad Yeganeh 1978 September 16

Dinner on the occasion of His Imperial Highness Crown Prince Reza's birthday 1978 October 30

Scope and Contents note

Includes photographs of Jimmy Carter.

Society of Iranians in San Francisco 1974 March

Society of Iranians in New York 1974 March

Scope and Contents note

Includes photographs of Daryoush Homayoun and Gholam H. Kazemian.

Society of Iranians in New York 1974 March

Society of Iranians in Texas 1975 March

Society of Iranians in Texas (continued) 1975 March

Society of Iranians in Los Angeles 1975 March

Society of Iranians in San Francisco 1975 March

Society of Iranians in Chicago 1975 March

Society of Iranians in Utah 1975 March

Society of Iranians in Massachusetts 1975 March

Society of Iranians in Massachusetts (continued) 1975 March

Drawing of a tank 1958 June

Black tie dinner for the American Ballet Theater 1976 April 7-18

2 1973 December - 1974 February

3 1972 December - 1973 June

5 1974 March -June

"As I Recall : The Events that Changed the Course of the History," interview with BBC correspondent Andrew Whitely 1992 August 22

Scope and Contents note

Ardeshir discusses memories of the Iranian Revolution, the Shah, and his visit to Iran in 1978. Other topics include Black Friday, General Robert E. Huyser's mission to Iran, Shah's death. CD-R located in Box 354.

Volume I - English translation with notes and CD-R 2007

Scope and Contents note

Contains English translation of various chapters with notes attached. See Digital files series for CD-R's included with this file.

Volume I - English translation with notes 2012 May 25

Scope and Contents note

Complete translation of Volume I with notes. The version is identified as "Version May 25, 2012."

"Major Speeches and Interviews of His Excellency Ardashir Zahedi" 1967-1978

"Speeches and Interviews of His Excellency Ardeshir Zahedi" 1973-1975

First appointment in the United States 1960-1962

Scope and Contents note

Related to Volume II. Includes photographs of Fazlollah, Shahnaz, Mahnaz, the Shah, Dr. M. Vakil, Mrs. Vakil, Dr. A. A. Baher, Mr. N. Elghanayan. Mr. A. Ardalan, Mr. A. Elghanayan, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Ambassador William Averell Harriman.

Second appointment in the United States and some photographs from the Shah's death in Egypt 1971-1980

Scope and Contents note

Includes photographs of Richard Nixon, Spiro Agnew, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Senator Mike Mansfield, Elizabeth Taylor, Gerald R. Ford, Ronald and Nancy Reagan, and Polly Bergen.