eagleton served as american consul in tabriz, iran between 1959 and 1961 and united states ambassador to yemen 1967, tunisia 1977, libya 1978–1979, algeria 1979, iraq 1980–1984 and syria 1985–1988. he is also an author of "the kurdish republic of 1946" (1961) and, "iraqi kurdistan" in "the world today" (1956).