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  • This omission is remarkable because, as that anniversary reminds us, monarchy is an antique system, while the shah's mission was to modernize his country.

    A Monarch Dethroned Joshua Muravchik 2011

  • Nor was the thinness of the shah's claims lost on his contemporaries.

    A Monarch Dethroned Joshua Muravchik 2011

  • CNN: Fighting tears, shah's son calls crisis a 'moment of truth'

    POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: June 23, 2009 2009

  • Mr. Milani is an American political scientist who emigrated from Iran as a teenager and later spent a decade teaching in Iran, spanning the last years of the shah's rule and the first years of the Ayatollah Khomeini's.

    A Monarch Dethroned Joshua Muravchik 2011

  • The shah's tolerance of religious minorities — notably Bahai and Jews — and his advancement of women's rights brought him to daggers with Iran's clergy, led by Khomeini.

    A Monarch Dethroned Joshua Muravchik 2011

  • CNN: Fighting tears, shah's son calls crisis a 'moment of truth'

    POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: June 23, 2009 2009

  • "Once again, we are joined with mothers, father and relatives of so many victims of these dark times for our country," the shah's oldest son, Reza Pahlavi, wrote on his website in announcing the death of his brother, Alireza Pahlavi.

    Son Of Iran Shah Commits Suicide In Boston, Says Brother AP 2011

  • "Once again, we are joined with mothers, father and relatives of so many victims of these dark times for our country," the shah's oldest son, Reza Pahlavi, wrote on his website in announcing the death of his brother, Alireza Pahlavi.

    Son Of Iran Shah Commits Suicide In Boston, Says Brother AP 2011

  • Look up the oil pipeline connected Iran to Israel during the shah's regime.

    Senators weigh in on Iran 2009

  • The shah's government imprisoned Mr. Milani for a year, and he would have suffered the same or worse under the new regime had he not returned to the U.S.

    A Monarch Dethroned Joshua Muravchik 2011

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