Anthony Parsons ( born Anthony Derrick Parsons ; 09/09/1922 - 08/12/1996, Ashburton (Devon) , Dartmoor , Devon (county) ) - British diplomat .
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| Date of Birth | September 9, 1922 | |||
| Date of death | August 12, 1996 (73 years old) | |||
| Place of death | Devonian | |||
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| Spouse | Sheila Baird (since 1948) | |||
| Children | two daughters and two sons | |||
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During the Second World War - an artillery officer.
Then he studied Oriental languages at Oxford , where he graduated from Balliol College with first-class honors.
In the years 1969-1971 - Advisor to the British mission to the UN. In 1971-1974 - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 1974-1979, he was the British Ambassador to Iran. Later declassified documents indicate that Parsons was too confident in the strength of the position of the Shah [1] . He left Tehran at the end of January 1979, a few days after the flight of the Shah. In his memoirs he wrote: “I told the shah that angry indignation and general disagreement with the regime is a natural result of fifteen years of pressure and strangulation during the development of its“ modernization ”programs. The implementation of these programs exacerbated inequality, a split in society, and class contradictions ” [2] . In 1979-1982 - Permanent Representative of Great Britain to the UN. Then he left the diplomatic service. In 1982-1983, he was the Special Advisor on Foreign Affairs to the Prime Minister.
In 1984-1996 he worked at the University of Exeter .
Died of cancer.
He is the author of several books, in particular, From the Cold War to the Hot World (From Cold War to Hot Peace, 1995).
Knight of the Great Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (1982, Knight Commander 1975, Knight 1969). Royal Victorian Order (lieutenant, 1965). Military Cross (1945).