His son, Shapoor Reporter, was also a secret agent of the British Intelligence Service in Iran who served the Pahlavi dynasty after Reza Shah's death.
At the time, as the chair to Iran's Parsi Panchayet, Kay Khosrow Jee Khan Saheb, passed away, Ardeshir was sent to take over the position.
In his handwritten biography, which some parts have been survived, he emphasized that above all his roles, he was committed to oversee Iran's highlighted political trends and report them back to India.
[3] Some loose pieces of evidence support that in 1906 he became an influential player at Reveil de l'Iran, the first formal known masonic French lodge in the country.
In his biography, Ardeshir openly elaborates his viewpoints on the key directions of ruling Iran and the role he played in smartly pushing Reza Shah toward his suggested pathways.
Some of these key directions include: Later on, Ardeshir's son, Shapoor, continued his father legacy by becoming one of the top secret MI-6 agents in Iran all over Mohammad Reza Shah era.
Zoroastrians of Kerman in a telegraph dated 1915 addressed Iran's Ministry of Internal Affairs to announce their disapproval of Mr. Reporter as their appointed chair.
[8] In a parallel correspondence, Kerman's Zoroastrians requested Indian Panchayat authorities like Dinshaw Maneckji Petit to replace Ardeshir with a proper representative who truly respect the religion's principles.