Word: niavaran
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...Iran. The Shah called the Tehran murders "disgusting " and blamed a group of pro-Communist terrorists, apparently the same clandestine organization that killed another American officer two years ago. In an interview with TIME Managing Editor Henry Grunwald and Beirut Bureau Chief Karsten Prager at his spacious office in Niavaran Palace, the Shah discussed the incident and a wide range of other topics. His observations...
...Shahs, inheritor of Persia 's ancient throne, recently was interviewed by Time Inc.'s Editor in Chief Medley Donovan and Chief of Correspondents Murray Gart. Their meeting took place over tea in his enormous second-floor office, a cruciform chamber in green and silver, in the Niavaran Palace, the royal residence in Teheran. The highly active 54-year-old monarch sighed frequently as he talked, his voice sometimes dropping to a whisper, as though betraying the burden he feels as the absolute ruler of Iran's 34 million people. For more than a decade he has concentrated...
...Warsaw to shake hands with onlookers. The Polish people responded by surging around him and singing "Sto Lat, Sto Lat," from the song May You Live to Be a Hundred. In Iran, Nixon conferred with Shah Reza Pahlevi, attended an elaborate white-tie dinner in the Niavaran Palace-and was far from three exploding bombs set by terrorists...
...that causes him much embarrassment. In his private life, the Shah can unbend. He and Empress Farah-with their three children, Crown Prince Reza, 6, Princess Farahnaz, 4, and Prince Ali Reza, 17 months-live in Teheran's Saadabad Palace in the summer, move to the better-heated Niavaran Palace when the cold weather comes. The Saadabad has been equipped with a regulation bowling alley, and the Shah uses it at least once a week. He also watches spy movies and operates model trains. He no longer roars around Teheran in a Ferrari, but is a jet pilot with...