Amir Khosrow Afshar

Amir Khosrow Afshar (1919–1999; Persian: امیرخسرو افشار قاسملو) was an Iranian diplomat who served as the minister of foreign affairs of Iran during the Pahlavi era from 1978 to 1979.

[7][8] Next, he was appointed ambassador of Iran to the Court of St James's on 6 November 1969, succeeding Abbas Aram in the post.

[6] He was appointed foreign minister to the cabinet led by Jafar Sharif-Emami on 27 August 1978, replacing Abbas Ali Khalatbari in the post.

[13][14] He retained the post when a military government led by Gholam Reza Azhari was formed on 6 November 1978.

[1][14] In the 1960s Afshar was among the Iranian statesmen who favored Iran's close relations with the U.S. and other Western countries in order to secure the survival of the Pahlavi dynasty.