Word: aryamehr
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...crude oil, or roughly one-tenth of the world's proven reserves. The disposition of "this noble product" (as Iranians like to call it), and the money to be made from it, is in the firm hands of one man: His Imperial Majesty Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Aryamehr (Light of the Aryans), Shahanshah (King of Kings). Once dismissed by Western diplomats as an insecure, in effective playboy-King, this emperor of oil commands new respect these days, as much for his ambitions as for his wealth. By means of what he has called a "white revolution," the Shah is determined...
...trousers and high-necked gold-braided uniform jackets; it was a scene oddly reminiscent of the days of Metternich. At a signal from the master of ceremonies, they carried out a prescribed ritual: a bow, a kiss bestowed on the outstretched imperial hand and flowery salutations, "Tavalod-e-Shahanshah Aryamehr ra Tabrik Arz Mikonam [Greetings on your Imperial Majesty's birthday...
...including the Premier, kiss his hand, but peasants also kiss his feet as a mark of respect. When the Shah stands, everyone in his presence also stands until he sits again. Iranian public works, from the 609-ft.-tall Mohammed Reza Pahlavi dam, Iran's highest, to the Aryamehr steel complex, are named in honor of the Shah or the Shahbanou. "The outside world thinks that we want that sort of thing," said Empress Farah in an interview last week with TIME (see box, page...
...surprise, then, that President Nixon last week accorded an especially effusive Washington welcome to the man who has pledged that the waterway will remain open to all: Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Aryamehr, Shahanshah of Iran, scion of 2,500 years of Persian power and self-appointed (with U.S. encouragement) policeman of the Persian Gulf. He had two private sessions totaling three hours in the President's Oval Office. Then the Shah, 53, and his stunning third wife, Empress Farah, 34, were feted by the President at a state dinner in the White House (the 115 guests included a gusher...