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Richard Nixon began the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks even while allowing Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi to come to America and fill his military market basket. "I think I can prove," mused Nixon a while back, "that the arms Americans have sold have rarely been used in aggression, while those of the Russians and other nations have been used repeatedly. Are we to ignore requests from our friends in this kind of world...
...fellow citizens voted last week in a two-day referendum that would transform Iran from a dynastic monarchy into an Islamic republic, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi flew from his temporary home in exile, Morocco, to the Bahamas. The Shah, 59, Empress Farah, 40, their four children and an entourage of 30 took up residence in 15 units of the posh, bougainvillaea-studded Ocean Club on Paradise Island near Nassau...
Once there were not enough hours in the imperial day for all he sought to accomplish as that political rara avis, a 20th century absolute monarch. Now there are too many. Time hangs heavy for Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the deposed Shah of Iran, in exile with Empress Farah and their children in a Moroccan palace on the outskirts of Rabat. As the days drag on and the reality of lost power dashes pretense and undermines hope, the Shah has grown irritable, subdued, even morose...
Still pursuing the top figures on its long enemies list, the Tehran regime announced last week that the deposed Shah and other members of the Pahlavi family would soon be tried by an Islamic Revolutionary Court for treason, corruption and illegal transfer of funds abroad. The possible trial site: a sports hall in the Iranian capital that, with a capacity of 12,000, would be ideal for a classic show of revolutionary justice...
...Empress Farah have been guests of Morocco's King Hassan II at a heavily guarded palace outside Rabat. Iran's new rulers evidently intend the trial to establish the Shah as not a political exile but a criminal fugitive. That could enable the regime to seize the Pahlavi family's foreign financial holdings and discourage other states from giving refuge to the Shah. Iran's Foreign Minister Karim Sanjabi has warned that any country that grants asylum to the Shah "under any pretext" can expect a "negative effect" on its relations with Iran...