Word: shahs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...agreement to support the Shah of Iran's request for assistance in developing an institute of science and engineering when approached in 1974 suggests the practical application of that philosophy. He concedes that "there could be little assurance under authoritarian rule" that scientific education "might have eventually served to strengthen freedom and human dignity." Of course, notes Bok, "Subsequent events made it impossible ever to know whether the institute would have served as a force for good or for evil. Years of effort came to nothing beyond a jumble of half-completed buildings near the shores of the Caspian...
...said a young fighter pilot who, like many Iranians, had been trained in the U.S.; he still wore a breast patch from Laughlin Air Force Base in Del Rio, Texas. The Iranians have also worked something of a miracle with the sophisticated American weaponry with which the Shah had built the most feared arsenal in the Persian Gulf. Despite a lack of spare parts, F-4 Phantoms can be seen refueling in midair, and F-5 fighters take off on sorties fully armed with bombs and missiles...
...sooner Iran can end the war, the sooner it can begin to recoup economically. Virtually all of the big development projects launched by the Shah have been standing half-finished because of shortages of cash, disputes over frozen assets and squabbles over priorities. Iran managed to sell only 1 million bbl. of oil a day last year, half as much as it had projected. Gasoline and staple foods are strictly rationed. Essential items such as meat, rice and sugar are distributed to poor and working-class areas first. Still, Tehran does not give the appearance of extreme hardship. Traffic jams...
...list of recent events that have surprised reporters-the fall of the Shah in Iran, the upsurge of feeling against Anwar Sadat in Egypt, the suppression in Poland by Polish rather than Soviet troops-the world press can add last week's elections in El Salvador...
...tied or confetti thrown. Instead, the chapter details the events, including C.I.A.-backed activities that sparked a revolution, and assesses its consequences. Mendelsohn and the American Friends Service Committee correctly point out that as far as the Americans were concerned, the revolution represented the loss of their "friend" the Shah. They write. "No major group within the United States (except some Iranian students) supported Iran. The only 'blame' that could be pinned on any American was blame for not doing something to free the hostages." Who will forget the months of hoopla that followed the hostages' return as Americans sought...