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That kind of cooperative relationship wouldn't be bad if it weren't for the nature of Iran's government and educational system. Iran's Shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, came to power in 1953 in the wake of a CIA-sponsored coup: the American government ousted Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh because of his reforms in tax distribution, nationalization of the oil industry, and friendly stance toward the Soviet Union. The CIA installed the Shah as head of state because he was a staunch supporter of the American government...
...33rd year of an often uncertain reign, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi has brought Iran to a threshold of grandeur that is at least analogous to what Cyrus the Great achieved for ancient Persia. Items...
...Shah has both strong intimations of mortality and a divine sense of mission, it may well be because his dynasty is of surprisingly recent origin. His father, Reza Shah, was a swaggering 45-year-old army major in 1921 when he seized power from the corrupt Qajar dynasty. Harsh and intractable, Reza Shah was unable to cope with the world powers that interfered in Persian affairs after oil was discovered. Finally, in 1941, on the ground that he had become dangerously friendly with the Hitler regime, Reza Shah was packed off to exile in South Africa by the British...
...heavy emphasis on kingly privilege. Not only do aides, including the Premier, kiss his hand, but peasants also kiss his feet as a mark of respect. When the Shah stands, everyone in his presence also stands until he sits again. Iranian public works, from the 609-ft.-tall Mohammed Reza Pahlavi dam, Iran's highest, to the Aryamehr steel complex, are named in honor of the Shah or the Shahbanou. "The outside world thinks that we want that sort of thing," said Empress Farah in an interview last week with TIME (see box, page...
Despite her large staff and extraordinary prerogatives as Empress, Farah shares one problem with a lot of other working wives: how to find enough time for both job and home. To give their four children, Crown Prince Reza, 14, Princess Fahranaz, 11, Prince All Reza, 8, and Princess Leila, 4, "as much of a normal, natural life as we can," Farah and the Shah set up a special palace school with 45 other children. She has no great love for protocol, often eludes palace security and slips out for a walk in a nearby park, inadequately disguised in scarf...