second time in 1955, and in November 1955 survived an assassination attempt at the funeral of a son of Abol-Ghasem Kashani. He was replaced in April 1957 after an upsetting international incident involving the murder of three Americans by outlaw Ahmad Shah and his gang. In 1963 the protests led by religious figures intensified in Iran due to the policies of the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Mohammad Ali Varasteh, Abdollah Entezam and Ala personally expressed their concerns about Shah's policies and their potential results which made all of them outsiders in the court of the Shah. In addition, Ala' and Entezam were dismissed from the Iranian Senate to which they had just appointed. Personal life and death Alā died of pneumonia on 12 July 1964 at the age of 82. He left a son and a daughter, and was survived by his wife, who died in 1981. His son, Fereydoun Ala, was the founding director of the National Iranian Blood Transfusion Service and is honorary president of the Iranian Comprehensive Haemophilia Care Center. His daughter, Irān, is married to Eskandar Firouz, the noted authority on Iranian fauna and environmental topics. Honours and awards Order of the Crown, 1st class Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria (1958) See also List of ambassadors of Iran to the United States List of prime ministers of Iran References and sources References Sources The following reference was used for the above writing: 'Alí Rizā Awsatí (عليرضا اوسطى), Iran in the Past Three Centuries (Irān dar Se Qarn-e Goz̲ashteh – ايران در سه قرن گذشته), Volumes 1 and 2 (Paktāb Publishing – انتشارات پاکتاب, Tehran, Iran, 2003). (Vol. 1), (Vol. 2). External links 1880s births 1964 deaths People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of the University of London Deputies of Tehran for National Consultative Assembly Politicians from Tehran Ambassadors of Iran to the United Kingdom Ambassadors of Iran to the United States Prime Ministers of Iran Recipients of the Grand Decoration with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 20th-century Iranian diplomats Foreign ministers of Iran Governors of the Central Bank of Iran Members of the Senate of Iran Deaths from pneumonia in Iran