Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlaviwas the Shah of Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979. He took the title Shāhanshāh on 26 October 1967. He was the second and last monarch of the House of Pahlavi of the Iranian monarchy. Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi held several other titles, including that of Āryāmehrand Bozorg Arteshtārān...
NationalityIranian
ProfessionRoyalty
Date of Birth26 October 1919
people magic kind
Shah is a kind of magic word with the Persian people.
fall pride henry-kissinger
Pride comes before a fall- although in [Henry Kissinger's] case it's more conceit than pride.
country religious years
I am convinced that the majority of the religious hierarchy today deplores the hardship inflicted on our people. I am referring not only to the martyrs but of the families who have been dispersed and terrified, who have no resources, and to the four million unemployed who are suffering from the economic chaos of a country which only a year earlier was giving employment to a million foreigners. Those who have chosen to serve God must feel profoundly sad at seeing ridicule poured on the most sacred principles of our religion.
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I want the standard of living in Iran in ten years' time to be exactly on a level with that in Europe today. In twenty years' time we shall be ahead of the United States.
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Muslim brothers be damned; they're our greatest enemies. You know yourself that I'm a Muslim, even a fanatical Muslim. But that does nothing to alter my opinion of the Arabs.
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I have learned by experience that a tragic end awaits anyone who dares cross swords with me; Nasser is no more, John and Robert Kennedy died at the hands of assassins, their brother Edward has been disgraced, Krushchev was toppled, the list is endless.
dog moon beam
Let the dog bark; the moon shall beam on.
mistake people independence
My main mistake was to have made an ancient people advance by forced marches toward independence, health, culture, affluence, comfort.
east world levels
To be first in the Middle East is not enough. We must raise ourselves to the level of a great world power.
past hands iran
the Saudis have never shown any respect for human rights, either now or in the past. Even a petty burglar faces having one of his hands chopped off. The liberal press in America prefers to ignore all this, although they don't hesitate to blacken the reputation of Iran.
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Nixon has the audacity to tell me to do nothing in the interest of my country until he dictactes where that interest lies. At the same time he threatens me that failure to follow his so-called advice will be to jeopardize the special relations between our two countries. I say to hell with such special relations.