About Amiraslan xan Avsar
Lived 1919 – 2019 (aged 99–100). Amiraslan xan Avsar was an Iranian diplomat, politician and ambassador.
Amir-Aslan Afshar Qasemlou (; 22 November 1919 – 18 February 2021) was an Iranian politician and diplomat.
Early life He was a descendant of Afshar Qasemlu who ruled Kerman, during the reign of Nader Shah of the Afsharid dynasty. His father, Colonel Amir Masoud Afshar Qasemlu, served during Reza Shah's reign. He graduated from the Hindenburg-Oberrealschule Berlin-Wilmersdorf in 1939, and received his doctorate in political science from the University of Vienna in 1942.
He later served as the Ambassador of Iran to Austria from 1967 to 1969, then as the Ambassador of Iran to the United States from 1969 to 1972, and the Ambassador of Iran to West Germany from 1973 to 1977.
Death On 18 February 2021, Afshār died during the COVID-19 pandemic in France, at his home in Nice, aged 101.
Awards 1965: Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
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Persian diplomat
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Amiraslan xan Avsar was born on 22 November 1919 in Maragheh, Tehran.
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Amiraslan xan Avsar died in 2019 in Nice.
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Amiraslan xan Avsar was a diplomat, politician and ambassador.
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Amiraslan xan Avsar was Iranian.
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