[6] In the 1950s his business activities expanded and mostly included car dealerships, manufacturing, and agricultural machinery.

[7] He was granted the franchises of many American and European brands, including General Electric, Kelvinator, Westinghouse and Volkswagen.

[5] However, the same year due to the anti-Baháʼí movements and the fatwa of Ayatollah Hossein Borujerdi against Pepsi Sabet became the target of the attacks.

[7] Sabet left Iran before the regime change in 1979,[6] and he spent his remaining years in Paris, France.

He died at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure in 1990 at the age of 86.