Ardeshir Reporter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ardeshir Reporter

Date of Birth: 22-Aug-1865

Place of Birth: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Profession: spy

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Ardeshir Reporter

  • Ardeshir Reporter or Sir Ardeshir Reporter was born in a Zoroastrian Parsee family in Bombay on August 22, 1865.
  • He was a secret British Intelligence agent in Iran for many years.
  • In fact, he lived and worked in Iran as a secret British Intelligence agent since 1893.
  • He came to Iran under the cover of Times' reporter.
  • It was he who introduced General Ironside to Reza Khan, and it was Ironside who encouraged Reza Khan to seize power.
  • According to his own will, he was the one, who discovered Reza Khan and guided him in the coup on February 22, 1921.
  • Therefore he was instrumental in Reza Khan’s 1921 military coup and the consequent establishment of the Pahlavi dynasty and enthronement of Reza Shah in Iran in 1925.
  • Ardeshir Reporter died in Tehran in 1933.
  • His son, Shapoor Reporter, was also a secret agent of the British Intelligence Service in Iran who served the Pahlavi family after Reza Shah's death.

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