shah
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We then allowed the shah to assume absolute control.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
Azar Nafisi, an English literature professor who got her doctorate at the University of Oklahoma, returned to her native Tehran just after the tides of history swept away the shah and swept in the ayatollah.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
According to his official website, Khamenei first met the founder of the republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, decades before the 1979 Islamic revolution that toppled US-backed shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Arab monarchies viewed Iran with suspicion after the 1979 revolution that replaced the shah with the Islamic Republic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
In 1606 the shah Abbas created the city of Jolfa and gave it to the Armenians, who were running from the Ottoman emperor because they were Christians.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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