Fereydoon Hoveyda

Fereydoon Hoveyda
Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations
In office
1971–1979
Prime MinisterAmir-Abbas Hoveyda
Jamshid Amouzegar
Jafar Sharif-Emami
Gholam Reza Azhari
Shapour Bakhtiar
Preceded byMehdi Vakil
Succeeded byMansour Farhang
Personal details
Born21 September 1924
Damascus, State of Syria
Died3 November 2006(2006-11-03) (aged 82)
Clifton, Virginia, United States
NationalityIranian
Political partyRastakhiz Party
OccupationDiplomat, writer, film critic
WebsiteOfficial website

Fereydoon Hoveyda (Persian: فریدون هویدا Fereydūn Hoveyda, 21 September 1924 – 3 November 2006) was an Iranian diplomat, writer and thinker. He was the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations from 1971 until 1979.