Word: teheran
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...speeches, the Shah reconfirmed Iran's commitment to the West. He recalled that on the day he took his throne at the age of 21, in 1941, Teheran was "invaded and occupied" by Russian troops. At the end of the war, the Russians who "molested my country" were forced out only by the combined efforts of the U.S. and the United Nations. Because of this experience, said the Shah, "we decided to throw our lot officially and openly with the Western nations...
...alone in opposition to the reforms, long urged by the U.S. Five of the Shah's 16-man Cabinet voted against the law. Iran's Communists, fearing the loss of a traditional class-war propaganda issue, joined with rightists last month in staging bloody riots in Teheran. Some observers in Teheran fear that the reform plan may never get far beyond last week's dramatic giveaway. Even the Shah's close aides concede the project may well take 20 years. The peasants cannot be given land without first being taught marketing, crop rotation...
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...Russians "every possible material assistance," his standing with the Soviets quickly rose. As the wartime ally of Stalin in the fight against fascism, Roosevelt was held up to the Russian people as one of a handful of Westerners who was a true friend of the Soviet Union. At the Teheran and Yalta conferences, Roosevelt turned on the charm to win Stalin's trust and cooperation ("I think I can handle Stalin personally better than my State Department"). As a result of agreements made at those meetings, in return for Russian promises that were later cynically broken...
...disaffected by the nation's erratic, corruption-stunted progress toward democracy. At one point, Amini picked up the phone and told a fellow landowner: "I know you've spent $75,000 trying to overthrow me. Please continue, and I'll clap you in jail." Said a Teheran politico: "If Amini had wavered for a moment, he'd have fallen...