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Ambassador Hossein Ala' (1882–1964), Delegate from Iran to the United Nations and Ambassador to the United States
Ambassador Hossein Ala' (1882–1964), Delegate from Iran to the United Nations and Ambassador to the United States

Ambassador Hossein Ala' (1882–1964), Delegate from Iran to the United Nations and Ambassador to the United States

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Object Details

Title:
Ambassador Hossein Ala' (1882–1964), Delegate from Iran to the United Nations and Ambassador to the United States
Date:
1946
Artist:
Medium:
Black and white conté on black paper
Dimensions
13 x 10 1/8 in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of Robert McLean, 1980
Description

Hossein Ala' was the Iranian Ambassador to the UN and to the US (1946-50). He spoke before the UN Security Council in March, 1946, on the threat of Soviet aggression toward Iran at that time.

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