Parviz Afshari was hired by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a political intern and with monthly salaries on October 10, 1981, was transferred to the First Political Bureau after six months in the Passport and Visa Office and another 6 months in the Office of General Affairs. He stayed in this position for six months and then left for a permanent mission at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. The memoirs of his nine years at the State Department are found in his book "Ambassador Without Embassy, Lawyer Without Client", which describes his missions in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Canada, Malaysia and Kazakhstan.