Word: shahs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...vengeance. Only a week earlier ousted President Abolhassan Banisadr, now living in exile in France, had put the pair at the top of a list of five men whose deaths could bring down the regime of the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, the man who led the revolution that toppled Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi just 31 months ago. Raja'i, 47, and Bahonar, also 47, had been in office for 38 days; their deaths came only two months after a massive explosion that killed about 150 people, including the Ayatullah Seyed Mohammed Beheshti, Iran's second most powerful...
...being operated by the U.S. in Saudi Arabia (under an agreement extending through 1984) are the best way to protect the interests of all parties. Opponents also warn that the Saudi government is unstable, and that if it fell, as had the pro-U.S. regime of the late Shah of Iran, the sophisticated weaponry could end up in anti-American hands. Even with AWACS and F-15s, foes of the deal insist, Saudi Arabia's air power would be no match for a Soviet move against the oil sources, while no smaller nation in the region, like Iran...
...need to worship is the main problem with us Iranians. In 1976, we worshiped the Shah; in 1979, Khomeini. Now we are beginning to revere Banisadr [Aug. 10] and the Mujahedin. Unfortunately, the Mujahedin's alternative to Khomeini's tyrannical chaos is also a mixture of religion and government...
...reached one of the French-built warships, about 15 raiders from the commercial vessel stormed aboard. They hauled down the flag of Iran's Islamic Republic and replaced it with the green, white and red banner, emblazoned with the imperial, sword-bearing lion of the late Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. The boarders heartily sang Iran's old imperial national anthem. As the action took place, a passing yacht radioed for Spanish help, which soon arrived. Then the two uncaptured boats headed under escort for the Spanish port of Algeciras, and later for Iran, while the hijacked ship turned...
...Iranian exile group called the Azadegan (Free People) Organization claimed credit for the hijacking, which was aimed at keeping the new missile boats out of the hands of Iran's fundamentalist Islamic regime. The pirate force was led by Admiral Kamal Habibollahi, a former commander of the Shah's imperial navy. Habibollahi's military colleagues in the organization have equally imposing records: their leader is former Four-Star Iranian General Bahram Aryana, onetime chief of staff of the Iranian imperial armed forces. The organization wants to restore the old order in Iran, and possibly reinstall the Pahlavi...