Word: pahlavis
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...tone was contrite. The words were conciliatory. The old imperial arrogance was gone. "Your revolutionary message has been heard," said Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. "I am aware of everything you have given your lives for. I commit myself to make up for past mistakes, to fight corruption and injustice, and to form a national government to carry out free elections...
...country's mood remained tense as troops with automatic weapons and tear-gas grenades fired on demonstrating students at Tehran University. The government said there were no deaths, but student groups claimed that 40 or more had been killed. Meanwhile, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi was consulting with leaders of the opposition on how to maintain order without jeopardizing the liberalization policies that he initiated last summer...
Despite such spartan measures, there is increasing doubt among both knowledgeable Iranians and Western diplomats that the Shah will be able to survive as ruler of the 57-year-old Pahlavi dynasty. In recent days. 64 members of the royal family, including the Shah's brothers and sisters and in-laws, have fled the country...
...earthquake triggered a rescue operation by Iran's armed forces. It came at a time when political demonstrations against Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi had brought on martial law in twelve major cities and bruising confrontations between military units and Iranian Muslims. But twelve hours after the disaster struck, as flights of C-130 aircraft set up a relief shuttle from Tehran, there was no enmity between soldiers and dissidents. Landing on a hastily bulldozed gravel strip that was almost obliterated by blowing dust, the C-130s unloaded medical teams, rescue units, field hospitals, food, medicine, blankets and water. By week...
Even before the quake struck, mourners were a common sight as families buried the victims killed two weeks ago during protests against the regime of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. Martial law prevailed, and troops and tanks patrolled the streets of Tehran and eleven other cities to enforce a rigid 10 p.m.-to-5 a.m. curfew. At least eight curfew violators were shot dead for failing to heed orders to stop. Six soldiers and a civilian died in a fire fight in Tabriz after saboteurs attacked their patrol. Security was tightened around the offices and refineries of the giant National Iranian...