 His actions were later confirmed and applauded by the government of Iran.Sardari's later life was blighted by many misfortunes, including the disappearance of his Chinese lover during the Chinese Civil War in 1948, charges of embezzlement by the post-war Iranian Government, and penury in his final years due to the loss of his pension rights and property in the Iranian Revolution of 1979.After a period spent living in a bed-sit in Croydon, he moved to Nottingham where he died in 1981.