Word: ifs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even in this grim area, rational distinctions must be made. Is there justification for calling the Shah a criminal and treating him as one? If so, the same would have to apply to scores of other rulers, rightist or leftist. Moreover, Iran, like many developing countries, has never known any...
Whatever the size of the Shah's personal fortune, he ran a corrupt government from first to last. Foreign companies frequently had to pay "commissions" to government officials or members of the royal family to get any kind of contract in Iran. One example: between 1973 and 1975 the...
On the key point, Kissinger insisted that he had nothing to do with seeking medical help for the Shah in the U.S. Kissinger was in Europe from Oct. 9 to Oct. 23, when the Shah's illness became a backstage diplomatic issue. Kissinger said he kept in touch with...
But the high priests of television could do something. They could cut down his tape and his air time. Starting with a few lines on the networks on Nov. 22, Hansen grew bigger and bigger through the next days. The TV drama took on a life of its own. One...
The day before he was appointed Iran's new Foreign Minister last week, Sadegh Ghotbzadeh (pronounced Goht-zah-deh) was being interviewed by TIME Middle East Bureau Chief Bruce van Voorst when he received a telephone call that normally would have gone to the Foreign Ministry. It was the...