Sir Eldon Griffiths has spent 40 years traveling n and out of the Middle East. His latest book, Turbulent Iran, looks back on his encounters with the Shah and Mossadegh, reveals details of U.S. support for Iran’s nuclear power program and offers suggestions for an end to the cold war between America and the country he describes as "once our closest friend, now our greatest enemy" in the Middle East.

A true “Citizen of the World,” Sir Eldon has engaged in world affairs as a foreign correspondent and editor for Time, Life and Newsweek magazines; as a member of the British Parliament and later a minister in Her Majesty’s government; director and consultant to multinational companies; commentator on London radio and television; and later as chairman and now national chairman emeritus of the 450,000 member World Affairs Councils of America.

Born in England and educated at Cambridge and Yale universities, Sir Eldon Griffiths helped set up the U.N.’s environmental agency in Nairobi, Kenya; participated in planning the Channel Tunnel between England and France; and represented his government at international conferences in Brussels, Washington and Moscow. Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher appointed him her party’s spokesman on European and NATO issues. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1988.