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Word: iran (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last year (TIME, Aug. 18), the Shah nearly lost his crown for "debauching" along the Riviera-an experience which had apparently taught him little, for it was stated in Nice that His Majesty was deaf to the call of duty in the land of Iran...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSIA: Deaf | 3/2/1925 | See Source »

Persians had expected something to happen and happen it did. Ever since the murder of Major Robert W. Imbrie, U. S. Vice Consul at Teheran, Persian capital (TIME, July 28), . the populace had been filled with fearful forebodings. The murder, which was called by the Setareh Iran, Teheran journal, a "bloody stain on a page of glorious history," was responsible, apart from its international complexion, for a proclamation of martial law, the resignations of Premier Reza Khan's colleagues, a plethora of arrests. Persians knew someone must die for a foul crime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSIA: A Closed Incident? | 10/13/1924 | See Source »

...this the daily press printed with a fine disregard of fact. All this, TIME, having no staff correspondent in the land of Iran, ignorantly mistook for sound statements of fact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSIA: Still Shah | 8/18/1924 | See Source »

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