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Musa Nuri Esfandiari (Persian: موسی نوری اسفندیاری; 1894–1972) was an Iranian diplomat and served as foreign minister and as ambassador during the Pahlavi era.
Early life and education
Esfandiari was born in Tehran in 1894. He had a brother, Asadullah Yamin-Esfandiari.
Esfandiari was educated both in Iran and in Europe.
Career
After his graduation Esfandiari joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1916. After serving at different diplomatic missions he was named as the counsellor and charge d’affaires of the Imperial Iran in France in 1933. In December of the same year he was appointed counsellor in the Soviet Union which held for a short period. Then he was appointed charge d’affaires of the Imperial Iran in Turkey. He was named as the director-general of industry and mines in July 1937. He served as the Ambassador of the Imperial Iran to Iraq between December 1937 and August 1938.
In 1939 Esfandiari was sent to Nazi Germany where he remained until 1941. Upon his return to Iran Esfandiari was again appointed Ambassador to Iraq. He was named as the Ambassador to Turkey in 1945.
On 15 June 1948 he was appointed minister of foreign affairs to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Abdolhossein Hazhir. He was in office until November that year. During the premiership of Manouchehr Eghbal between 1957 and 1960 Esfandiari served as the Ambassador of Iran to Japan.
Personal life and death
Esfandiari was married and had a son. He was fluent in French and Italian. He died in 1972.
References
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- Negara Islam Irak dan Syam
- Musa Nuri Esfandiari
- List of ambassadors of Iran to Iraq
- History of the Jews in Iran
- List of ambassadors of Iran to Pakistan
- Mazandaran province
- Nur, Iran
- List of ambassadors of Iran to Turkey
- List of ambassadors of Iran to Japan
- Government of Abdolhossein Hazhir
- Mohsen Rais
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