Word: shah
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Baha'is, who are often convenient scapegoats, have been persecuted since their faith was founded in mid-19th century Persia. After a tyrannical Shah was assassinated by a Muslim terrorist in 1896, crowds attacked the Baha'i community in Yazd, killing several people. Believers were repeatedly tortured and mutilated by local vigilantes in subsequent years. The worst outburst prior to Khomeini's takeover occurred in 1955-56 under the late Shah. Former agents of SAVAK, the Shah's secret police, say that government agents provoked anti-Baha'i hysteria to divert reactionary Muslims from turning...
...parts of the Sunbelt, demand was doubling every seven years, practically overnight in an industry that normally plans on a 15-to-20-year schedule. The world of energy economics, though, was about to change. After the second oil shock, in 1979, which followed the overthrow of Iran's Shah, the price of OPEC crude reached as high as $40 per bbl. Energy consumers reacted to the staggering prices by conserving fuel in a way that had never been imagined. Demand for electricity increased by only 1.7% in 1980 and .3% in 1981 and actually shrank 2.3% in 1982. That...
Incidentally, one of the claims of the anti-Shah forces was that the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad, had helped train the Shah's special forces in torture tactics. Whether or not this is true, the Shah clearly had deep ties with Israel. The young country eagerly accepted the partnership with the dictator because of legitimate fears for its existence. Any friend was thought to be better than none...
...understand why the Shah of Iran put the fanatics who opposed him in jail...
Under tight security, the King and his wife, Queen Aishwarya Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah, arrived at the center at about 7:20 p.m. At about 8 p.m. the monarchs attended a photo session screened by the Harvard Marshel's office...