Career
Djam served as head of the Iranian Imperial Army Corps from 1969 to 1971. He left the army because of professional conflicts with Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and retired in 1973. After resignation from the army he became Iranian ambassador to Spain for a few years up to 1978.
Then he moved to London.
To the last government led by Shahpour Bakhtiar before revolution he was proposed to be defense minister, but according to his interview later on due to lack of authority he did not accept the position. He was believed that the declaration of impartiality by army core at the last day of revolution was a betrayal.
Following the revolution he did not come back to the country but during the Iran-Iraq war he was supporting Iranian army. In 2011, the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) was awarded a gift of £2 million by the Fereydoun Djam Charitable Trust to promote Iranian studies.
As part of this initiative, SOAS has introduced new scholarships in Iranian studies as well as an annual lecture series to promote diverse aspects of Iranian studies.
