Word: niavaran
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Helms: Yeah, but what were you going to do about them? Were you going to take them up to the [Shah's] Niavaran Palace and say "Here's a fellow that's objecting to you, Boss, now do something about...
...doors to free prisoners at Evin, a jail run by the hated SAVAK secret police. There the liberators found electric whips, torture beds and other interrogation devices that justified many of the atrocity charges long leveled at SAVAK. Also attacked was the Shah's principal residence in north Tehran, Niavaran Palace. Dispirited Imperial Guards on duty there capitulated without a fight...
...told one high-ranking foreign visitor, TIME has learned, that he was appalled by Carter's statement that the U.S. no longer needs a policeman in the Persian Gulf. Although the President pledged the Shah undying brotherhood in a New Year's Eve toast at the Niavaran Palace in 1977, the Shah claims that he was subsequently plagued by continued sniping from Washington. As the crisis worsened, the Shah was made to feel unsure about U.S. support if he took strong action to control the disorders. His failure to act decisively encouraged his opposition in the belief that...
Even as the Shah remained secluded behind the walls of Niavaran Palace, he was striving to cut his losses. The palace announced that the Shah had decided to donate $230 million to the Pahlavi Foundation, but most Iranians were convinced that the grant was a mere token. Besides, cynics argued, the Pahlavi Foundation, with its vast global network of real estate, banks and corporations estimated to be worth around $3 billion is controlled by the Shah...
...face looked tense, his eyes were tired, his smile strained. Posing for TV cameramen and photographers at Niavaran Palace overlooking Tehran last week, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi showed the physical exhaustion of many weeks of crisis. When asked if he planned to take a vacation, the Shah replied quietly, "I would love it, if the situation permits." A few days later, however, after issuing a royal decree naming Shahpour Bakhtiar, 62, as Premier-designate with power to form a civilian government, the Shah merely left Tehran with his family for a couple of days of rest at Jajrood...