Word: shahs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After his triumph of India, Ike moved on to Teheran, where for six chilly hours (28°) the Shah of Iran was his host. The Shah turned out some splendid Persian-style opulence for the visiting American: beautiful rugs were laid on the streets under ceremonial arches and along the final 200 yards of the route to the Shah's marble palace. After lunch with the Shah, Ike told the Iranian Parliament: "I well know you and the people of Iran are not standing on the sidelines in this struggle [for peace among nations]. Without flinching, you have borne...
...back from India, he will lunch with the Shah of Iran, cruise from Athens to Toulon in a U.S. Navy cruiser to store up sun and strength for the Western summit at Paris Dec. 19-21. Last stop: Rabat, to visit with Morocco's King Mohammed...
Ever since he reluctantly divorced Queen Soraya in 1958, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, Shah of Iran, has been window-shopping through Europe. In his search for a new bride who would present him with a son and heir, the Shah's wandering eye was caught by Italy's pretty Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy, 19. But the Vatican, all Italy, and the girl herself proved unalterably opposed to the marriage. Last week his capital of Teheran was alive with signs that the Shah had found both happiness and the bride he wanted in his own country...
...competent pianist, a good swimmer and basketball player. Popular with her French classmates because she had "such a lot of heart and sensitivity," Farah comes from a well-to-do Iranian family and is distantly related to weepy ex-Premier Mohammed Mossadegh, who briefly dethroned the Shah in 1953. Her father, an army officer trained at St. Cyr, the West Point of France, died ten years ago of tuberculosis; her mother Farida is a handsome and Westernized woman, who wears Givenchy clothes and belongs to a progressive women's club in Teheran...
After the Shah's mother gave a party in her honor last week, Farah Diba was escorted to the Teheran airport next morning by palace guards in civilian clothes, boarded an airliner for Geneva and Paris, presumably to buy her trousseau (she bought 15 Dior dresses). Iranian courtiers speculate that the engagement will be announced this week on the Shah's 40th birthday, but point out that even if the marriage goes through as expected, Farah will receive the title of Queen of Iran only if she bears a son. Until that time, she would probably be known...