Abdol Hossein Sardari Qajar, Iranian Consul in Paris, France, 1942-?

Consul Qajar took it upon himself to issue Iranian passports to Iranian and non-Iranian Jews in Paris who were faced with deportation to the concentration camps.  According to Fred Moktari, who is writing a book on the topic, "Abdol Hossein Sardari, as a young diplomat stationed in Paris, succeeded in having all Iranian Jews classified as "non-racially" connected to the rest of the Jewish people, thus forestalling the possible deportation of hundreds of Iranian Jews from France to Nazi death camps. Additionally, in 1942, he turned over 500 blank passports to Jewish acquaintances in Paris to help save other Jews fleeing from Nazi persecution. After the war, he was brought up on charges and was ultimately pardoned personally by the Shah of Iran."