The office coordinates upkeep, security and landscaping, including cutting the grass, and hires local real estate firms to list some of them for rent. PhotoNext door to the former Iranian Embassy is a 44-room Georgian Revival home, assessed at almost $10 million and currently empty, where Mr. Zahedi lived and where overnight guests stayed. A local real estate agent last listed the property for rent in 2015 for $5,500 a month. Mr. Zahedi, who served Iranian caviar and Dom Pérignon at parties costing tens of thousands of dollars, said the events he once held there built up his relationships in Washington. “It’s been a long, long time.”Still, Mr. Zahedi said he held out hope that the two nations could reconcile.

Source: New York Times September 23, 2016 18:34 UTC