shah
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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
Under both the shah and the mullahs, Iran is Exhibit A for what economists call the “resource curse.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
His gym includes multiple portraits of Reza Pahlavi, the US-based son of Iran's last shah.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
Reza Pahlavi, the eldest son of the last shah of Iran and pretender to the throne, was a scheduled speaker, and the event was packed with Iranian monarchists.
From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026
President Carter reluctantly allowed them into the United States so the shah could receive surgery for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, but then all hell broke loose in Tehran.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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