Word: saadabad
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Next morning, after badly needed shaves and a quick change of clothing, the three men capped their journalistic marathon by heading for Saadabad Palace and an audience with the Shah. Though arrangements for the session had been made a week earlier, before the clashes in Iran's streets, the monarch kept his appointment with the three TIME representatives. For 90 minutes, over cups of tea, he answered their questions calmly, yet with obvious melancholy...
Scarcely 24 hours after he had declared martial law, the Shah of Iran described the problems of his troubled country to TIME Diplomatic Correspondent Strobe Talbott, Cairo Correspondent Dean Brelis and Tehran Reporter Parviz Raein. As he began this extraordinary interview in his private office at Saadabad Palace, the Shah was plainly an immensely saddened man. It showed in his face, which was grim and gaunt, and in his eyes, which were tired and melancholy. Even his dress, so often elegant, was somber. He wore a dark, formal suit, an unadorned white shirt and a narrow, conservative tie. There...
During talks with the Shah at cream-colored Saadabad Palace, Carter played down his interest in human rights, dwelling instead on Arab-Israeli peace negotiations, Iran's desire to buy 400 U.S. combat fighters and American efforts to curb oil imports. They agreed on basic terms for the sale of six to eight nuclear reactors to Iran and to do what they can to end the war between Somalia and Ethiopia. That night Carter and the Shah, their wives and another visitor, Jordan's King Hussein, celebrated the new year at Tehran's Niavaran Palace...
...force in world politics. Filing the main reports for this week's cover story were Beirut Bureau Chief Karsten Prager and Correspondent William Stewart assisted by TIME'S Tehran Stringer Parviz Raein. Prager's rounds included interviews with the Shah and Empress Farah in their Saadabad Palace on the outskirts of Tehran. Stewart mean while spent several days at industrial and agricultural projects and interviewing members of Iran's ruling elite. The story was written by Associate Editor Spencer Davidson. "The Shah's power is exploding," Davidson says, "and Americans would be wise...
...Shah not only decides Iran's foreign and domestic policies, but he generally enunciates them as well. During a recent 90-minute interview at Saadabad Palace with TIME Correspondent Karsten Prager, the Shah candidly discussed a number of key issues, ranging from oil prices and Iran's ambitions in the Indian Ocean to the strength of the country's secret police, SAVAK, and his opinion of Western work ethics. Excerpts...