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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...questioning by a reporter for a Persian-language newspaper, he also said that Van Voorst had worked in the past for the CIA. Van Voorst was in fact a research assistant for the CIA in the mid-1950s but severed all connections with the agency after he became a journalist and made no effort to keep his former CIA affiliation a secret...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Cruel Stalemate Drags On | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

...region, there is a virtually unanimous belief that the current semblance of stability would be shattered by U.S. military intervention in Iran, regardless of the provocation. Says a political science professor in Kuwait: "It would lead to a direct explosion." The moral, in the words of a respected Beirut journalist: "If the U.S. ever considers military intervention, it had first better make sure that Arab governments are in control of their countries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Proceed with Caution | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

Though the foundations did do some charitable work, the Shah invested most of their money in income-producing assets. In a new book, Iran: The Illusion of Power, British Journalist Robert Graham published a 3½-page list of holdings of the Pahlavi Foundation that he was able to track down as of the end of 1977 and that he estimated to be worth $2.8 billion to $3.2 billion. They included total ownership of Bank Omran, one of Iran's largest banks; 80% ownership of Bimeh Melli, the nation's third largest insurance company; and full or partial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Nobody Influences Me! | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...investments of the Pahlavi Foundation, were less personal aggrandizement than a desire to retain tight control of the Iranian economy and win the loyalty of subordinates by lavish financial favors. Nonetheless, the Shah in power lived very well, to put it mildly. He shuttled among five palaces in Iran. Journalist Fallaci, interviewing the Shah in 1973 in one of them, noted that "almost everything in the place was gold: the ashtray that you didn't dare dirty, the box inlaid with emeralds, the knickknacks covered with rubies and sapphires." The ruler's sisters also basked in opulence. Princess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Nobody Influences Me! | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...even statesmanlike all the time. When Candidate John Connally accused the President of muzzling critics of his handling of the Iranian crisis, the spokesman replied: "Mr. Connally has never understood the nature of the presidency, and that's why he'll never be elected." When a journalist asked last week about Henry Kissinger's role in bringing the Shah to the U.S., Carter declined to comment on what he called a "sideshow," a devilish reference to William Shawcross's book of that name highly critical of Kissinger. Carter once flung a rubber chicken at one particularly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: A Diplomat on the Podium | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

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