abdol hossein sardari, head of the iranian consulate in paris during the nazi occupation, argued successfully with the german authorities that all iranian citizens, including persian jews, be free from harassment and be allowed to leave nazi territory as they wished. after realising the scale of the germans' intentions, he also issued hundreds of iranian passports in his consulate to non-persian jews, allowing them to go free. he remained a diplomat until the iranian revolution, after which he was dismissed and died in poverty. yad vashem has honoured him several times.