Salah Al-Zawawi

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Salah Al-Zawawi or among Iranian Salah Zawawi (born in 1937 - died on February 20, 2023) (86 years old)[2] was born in Palestine and was the ambassador of the Palestinian government in Iran. He was the second ambassador of Palestine in Iran after Hani al-Hassan and held this position from February 1981[3] to 2022. He is one of the founding members of the Fatah movement and the former Palestinian ambassador to Algeria, Brazil and Kenya.[4][5][6]

Salah Al-Zawawi
صلاح الزواوي
Picture of Salah Al-Zawawi
Palestine Ambassador to Iran
Finished
In office
1980–2022
Preceded byHani al-Hassan (1979–1980)
Succeeded bySalam Al-Zawawi (2022–present)
Personal details
Born
Salah Al-Zawawi

1937
Safed, Palestine
DiedFebruary 20, 2023
Iran, Tehran[1]

Life

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Salah al-Zawawi was born in 1937 and before the formation of Israel in Palestine in the city of Safed, Al-Jalil region.[7] In those years, the city of Safed was under the British protectorate in Palestine. During the 1948 war (the war of several Arab countries against Israel after the declaration of independence and the establishment of Israel), Salah al-Zawawi migrated to Syria with his family. His family immigrated to Syria in 1948 and settled in the city of Aleppo. Salah al-Zawawi came to Tehran in 1980 as the Palestinian ambassador. After that, he lived in Tehran for about 39 years and died in the same city.[8]

Al-Zawawi started fighting against Israel in his youth and was one of the founders of the Fatah movement along with Yasser Arafat and was present in many important operations. Salah al-Zawawi, who was an experienced diplomat, was sent to Tehran in 1983 to succeed Hani al-Hassan. Salah al-Zawawi was the Palestinian ambassador in Tehran for a long period of four decades, from 1980 to 2022.[9] And because of his long service, he was given the title of "Moghaddam Al-Sofara" or "Sheikh Al-Sofara" (lit.'Doyen'). He was always respected by all ambassadors of other countries in Tehran. Salah al-Zawawi continued his diplomatic activity in Tehran until January 2022 and resigned from the embassy in this year. Salah al-Zawawi's daughter named Salam al-Zawawi, who was familiar with Iranian culture due to her long-term residence in Iran, appointed as the Palestinian ambassador in Tehran after her father's resignation.[10][11]

The end of the mission in Iran

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On Thursday, January 6, 2022, at the end of his mission in Iran, Salah al-Zawawi met with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. Salam al-Zawawi, the daughter of Salah al-Zawawi, became the new Palestinian ambassador to Iran after her father, took the oath before Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, on Saturday night, January 8, 2022, and started working as the new Palestinian ambassador to Iran.[7][12] This ceremony was held at the residence of Mahmoud Abbas in Amman, the capital of Jordan.[13][14][15][16][17][18]

Career

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Salah al-Zawawi at the Sixth International Conference on Supporting Palestine Intifada, Tehran, February 21, 2017.[19]

Before working as an ambassador in Tehran, Salah al-Zawawi was the Palestinian ambassador to Algeria in 1968, the Palestinian ambassador to Brazil in 1975, and the Palestinian ambassador to Kenya from 1977 to 1979.[20] In 1980, after the victory of the Iranian Islamic revolution, he came to Tehran as the ambassador of Palestine and held this position until 2022. He was the ambassador of Palestine in Iran for more than 40 years, and contrary to diplomatic custom and even though his mission was over, he continued to work as an ambassador in Iran at the request of the Palestinian government, which according to him, "staying in this position is beyond politics."[21][22][8]

Salah al-Zawawi was the second Palestinian ambassador to Iran after Hani al-Hassan.[23] Salah al-Zawawi was the "only legal representative of the Palestinian nation" in Iran from 1981 to 2022. Salah al-Zawawi established a close relationship with Iranian politicians and had relations with representatives of all Palestinian resistance groups.[24]

His title

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Due to his long-term presence as an ambassador in Iran, Salah al-Zawawi was given the titles such as "Al-Safir al-Avval" (السفير الأول in Arabic, lit.'The first of the ambassadors'),[25] "Moghaddam al-Sofaraa" (مقدم السفراء in Arabic, lit.'Presenter of the ambassadors')[26] and "Sheikh al-Sofaraa" (شيخ السفراء in Arabic, lit.'Sheikh of the ambassadors').[20][27]

Honoring him

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Salah al-Zawawi in a ceremony honoring him in Tehran on February 28, 2022.

Because of the 39 years[28] or according to another story more than 40 years[29][30] of Salah al-Zawawi's diplomatic and media activity for Iran and Palestine,[31] a celebration ceremony was held for him at Media Cultural Center in Tehran on Monday February 28, 2022. The ceremony, was prepared by the Society for the Defence of Palestinian Nation and was held with the presence of some Iranian officials and political figures.[32] In the ceremony, Salah al-Zawawi's sincere efforts were appreciated and thanked.[33][34][35]

When Salah al-Zawawi passed away, many Iranian officials, including Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, expressed their condolences on the death of Salah al-Zawawi, the former Palestinian ambassador in Tehran.[36][37][38][39][40]

Death of his wife

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After the death of his wife Dalaal Al-A'raj, Salah al-Zawawi buried her at Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in Tehran, Iran.[41][42][43]

Demise

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Salah al-Zawawi was admitted to a hospital in Tehran due to old age and illness. Finally, he passed away on February 20, 2023, at the age of 86.[41][44][5][27][45] His body was buried in the section of Naam Aavaraan (burying place of famous figures) of the Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in Tehran, Iran.[43][46][47][48]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "صلاح زواوی سفیر سابق فلسطین در ایران درگذشت" [Salah Zawawi, former Palestinian ambassador to Iran, died] (in Persian). 20 February 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  2. ^ ""صلاح الزواوی (سفیر سابق فلسطین در تهران)‌ درگذشت"" ["Salah al-Zawawi (former Palestinian ambassador in Tehran) passed away"] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  3. ^ "تغییر نماینده سازمان آزادیبخش فلسطین در تهران" [Change of Palestine Liberation Organization representative in Tehran] (in Persian). 28 February 1981. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  4. ^ "شیخ السفراء فلسطین در ایران درگذشت" [The Sheikh ol-Sofara of Palestinian ambassadors in Iran died] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  5. ^ a b ""الزواوی"؛ سفیری که صلح را ندید" ["Al-Zawawi"; An ambassador who did not see peace] (in Persian). 20 February 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  6. ^ "خداحافظی سفیر فلسطین با امیرعبداللهیان" [Farewell of the Palestinian ambassador to Amir Abdullahian] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  7. ^ a b "سلام الزواوی کیست؟" [Who is Salam al-Zawawi?] (in Persian). 9 January 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  8. ^ a b "صلاح الزواوی؛ داستان ۴۰ سال سفارت متفاوت در ایران" [Salah al-Zawawi; The story of 40 years of different embassies in Iran] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  9. ^ "صلاح زواوی درگذشت" [Salah Zawawi died] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  10. ^ "به یاد "صلاح زواوی"" [In memory of "Salah Zawawi"] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  11. ^ ""صلاح زواوی" سفیر سابق فلسطین در ایران درگذشت" [Salah Zawawi, the former ambassador of Palestine in Iran, died] (in Persian). 20 February 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  12. ^ "Palestinian ambassador in Iran bids farewell after four decades" [سفیر فلسطین در ایران پس از چهار دهه خداحافظی کرد]. 9 January 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  13. ^ "دختر صلاح الزواوی،سفیر جدید فلسطین در ایران مقابل محمود عباس سوگند یاد کرد" [The daughter of Salah al-Zawawi, the new Palestinian ambassador to Iran, took the oath in front of Mahmoud Abbas] (in Persian). 9 January 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  14. ^ "سلام الزواوی سفیر جدید فلسطین جانشین پدرش در تهران شد" [Salam al-Zawawi became the new ambassador of Palestine, succeeding his father in Tehran] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  15. ^ ""سلام الزواوی" سفیر جدید فلسطین جانشین پدرش در تهران شد" [Salam al-Zawawi, the new ambassador of Palestine succeeded his father in Tehran] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  16. ^ "دختر سفیر فلسطین جانشین پدرش در ایران شد" [The daughter of the Palestinian ambassador succeeded her father in Iran] (in Persian). 9 January 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  17. ^ "دختر صلاح الزواوی جانشین پدر شد" [Salah al-Zawawi's daughter succeeded her father] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  18. ^ "دختر سفیر فلسطین پس از ۴۲ سال جانشین پدرش در ایران شد" [The daughter of the Palestinian ambassador succeeded her father in Iran after 42 years] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  19. ^ "آغاز به کار ششمین کنفرانس بین‌المللی حمایت از انتفاضه فلسطین با سخنرانی رهبر انقلاب" [The opening of the Sixth International Conference in Support of the Palestinian Intifada with the speech of the leader of the revolution] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  20. ^ a b "پایان ۴ دهه ماموریت مقدم السفرا در تهران" [The end of 4 decades of Moghaddam ol-Sofara's mission in Tehran] (in Persian). 8 January 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  21. ^ "پایان ماموریت ۴۰ ساله شیخ السفرا" [The end of Sheikh ol-Sofara's 40-year mission] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  22. ^ "پایان ۴ دهه ماموریت سفیر فلسطین در تهران" [The end of 4 decades of the mission of the Palestinian ambassador in Tehran] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  23. ^ "صلاح الزواوی، شیخ السفرا درگذشت" [Salah al-Zawawi, Sheikh ol-Sofara, passed away] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  24. ^ "۴ دهه خدمت صادقانه "مقدم السفرا" به آرمان فلسطین" [4 decades of sincere service of "Moghaddam ol-Sofara" to the cause of Palestine] (in Persian). 20 February 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  25. ^ "سفير فلسطيني جديد بإيران.. سلام الزواوي تخلف والدها" [New Palestinian Ambassador to Iran.. Salam Al-Zawawi succeeds her father] (in Arabic). 8 January 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  26. ^ "الزواوي كان يؤمن بأن فلسطين لن تتحرر إلّا ببنادق المقاومين" [Al-Zawawi believed that Palestine would not be liberated except by the guns of the resistance] (in Arabic). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  27. ^ a b "صلاح زواوی، سفیر سابق فلسطین در ایران درگذشت" [Salah Zawawi, former Palestinian ambassador to Iran, died] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  28. ^ "پایان کار سفیر فلسطین در تهران بعد از حدود ۴۰ سال" [The end of the work of the Palestinian ambassador in Tehran after about 40 years] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  29. ^ "آیین تجلیل از سفیر سابق فلسطین در ایران" [Honoring the former Palestinian ambassador to Iran] (in Persian). 28 February 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  30. ^ "صلاح زواوی؛ پایان دوره یک سفیر غیرعادی در جمهوری اسلامی" [Salah Zawawi; The end of the term of an extraordinary ambassador in the Islamic Republic] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  31. ^ "ویژه درگذشت شیخ السفرا، سفیر پیشین فلسطین در ایران" [Especially the death of Sheikh ol-Sofara, the former ambassador of Palestine in Iran] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  32. ^ "برگزاری مراسم تجلیل از ۴۰ سال فعالیت دیپلماتیک صلاح الزواوی" [Holding a ceremony celebrating Salah al-Zawawi's 40 years of diplomatic activity] (in Persian). 28 February 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  33. ^ "تجلیل از ۴۰ سال فعالیت دیپلماتیک سفیر سابق فلسطین در ایران" [Celebrating the 40 years of diplomatic activity of the former Palestinian ambassador in Iran] (in Persian). 27 February 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  34. ^ "تجلیل از ۴۰ سال فعالیت دیپلماتیک "صلاح الزواوی"، سفیر سابق فلسطین در ایران" [Celebrating the 40 years of diplomatic activity of Salah al-Zawawi, the former Palestinian ambassador to Iran] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  35. ^ "قدردانی از چهار دهه فعالیت سفیر سابق فلسطین در ایران" [Appreciating the four decades of activity of the former Palestinian ambassador in Iran] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  36. ^ "سفیر سابق فلسطین در تهران درگذشت" [The former ambassador of Palestine died in Tehran] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  37. ^ "صلاح زواوی سفیر سابق فلسطین در ایران درگذشت" [Salah Zawawi, the former ambassador of Palestine in Iran, died] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  38. ^ "صلاح زواوی سفیر سابق فلسطین در ایران درگذشت" [Salah Zawawi, the former ambassador of Palestine in Iran, died] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  39. ^ "صلاح الزواوی، سفیر پیشین فلسطین و "شیخ السفرا" در ایران درگذشت" [Salah al-Zawawi, the former ambassador of Palestine and "Sheikh ol-Sofara" in Iran, died] (in Persian). 21 February 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  40. ^ "امیر عبداللهیان: مرحوم الزواوی برای احقاق حقوق ملت مظلوم فلسطین تلاش کرد" [Amir Abdullahian: The late al-Zawawi worked hard for the rights of the oppressed Palestinian nation] (in Persian). 20 February 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  41. ^ a b "سفیر سابق فلسطین در تهران (صلاح الزواوی)‌ درگذشت" [The former ambassador of Palestine in Tehran (Salah al-Zawawi) died] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  42. ^ "صلاح زواوی سفیر سابق فلسطین در تهران درگذشت" [Former Palestinian ambassador Salah Zawawi died in Tehran] (in Persian). 20 February 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  43. ^ a b "سفیر سابق فلسطین درگذشت" [The former Palestinian ambassador died] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  44. ^ ""شیخ السفراء" فلسطین در ایران درگذشت" ["Sheikh ol-Sofara" of Palestine died in Iran] (in Persian). 20 February 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  45. ^ "درگذشت شیخ السفرا صلاح ز‌واوی" [The death of Sheikh ol-Sofara Salah Zawawi] (in Persian). 20 February 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  46. ^ "مراسم تشییع پیکر صلاح الزواوی برگزار شد" [Salah al-Zawawi's funeral ceremony was held] (in Persian). 22 February 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  47. ^ "بی‌تابی خانم سفیر در مراسم خاکسپاری پدرش در تهران" [Miss ambassador's impatience at her father's funeral in Tehran] (in Persian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  48. ^ "برگزاری مراسم گرامیداشت مرحوم "صلاح الزواوی" در تهران" [Holding a ceremony honoring the late Salah al-Zawawi in Tehran] (in Persian). 24 February 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2024.