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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The facts about the Shah's alleged corruption are also difficult to pin down, especially because in Iran, as in other Middle Eastern monarchies, there traditionally has been little distinction drawn between the treasures of the ruler and those of the nation. A lawsuit filed in New York last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Nobody Influences Me! | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

The Shah's life in exile, since he fled Iran last January, has been considerably less grand but still rather more than comfortable. In Cuernavaca, Mexico, where he lived for almost five months before coming to the U.S. for medical treatment, he occupied a rented four-building compound with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Nobody Influences Me! | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

* Differing legends say that the original jewel-encrusted throne was lowered from heaven or made by a hired jeweler from Germany. At any rate it stood in the Great Mogul Palace in Delhi, India, and was brought to Persia by a conquering Shah in the 18th century. The throne on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Nobody Influences Me! | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

As the Administration struggled to extricate the hostages-and the U.S. -from the Iranian blackmail abroad, a bitter, backbiting controversy arose at home. It revolved around three questions: 1) Had the deposed Shah's two most prominent American friends, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Chase Manhattan Bank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Who Helped the Shah How Much? | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

Harsh words, and they drew harsh words in reply. The Chicago Tribune accused Kissinger of "Machiavellian self-promotion" and of making "use of the crisis for political purposes." The New York Times termed Kissinger's speechmaking "reckless" and "repellent." On NBC'S Meet the Press, former Under Secretary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Who Helped the Shah How Much? | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

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