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TEHRAN, Iran--Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi yesterday accepted the advice of Shahpour Bakhtiar, whom he appointed prime minister last week, to "rest and take a vacation" while Bakhtiar tries to form a civilian cabinet to replace the military government and quell the violent protests against the Shah...
Although almost 95 per cent of Harvard's work to prepare the architectural design for the new Reza Shah Kabir University (RSKU) is complete, the Iranian government cannot pay the outstanding sums needed to finish, Harold L. Goyette, director of the Planning Office, said yesterday...
...years ago, however, Harvard decided not to participate in academic counseling at RSKU because some members of a Harvard advisory board ofjected to the Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi's reported violations of human rights
...Shah's determination to hold on puts him at odds with some of Washington's present thinking on the subject. For decades the U.S. has supported the Shah as a defense against Soviet expansion in a region of strategic importance. There are firm reports that Foreign Service officers based in Iran have long been prevented by Washington from building close contacts with Iranian opposition leaders, lest this offend the Shah. President Carter still says publicly that the Shah deserves full American support, but there are signs that the Administration's emphasis, as a ranking U.S. diplomat puts...
...Ball view, which is generally seconded by the State Department, is that the Shah is incapable of ending the unrest through military force. Says one U.S. expert: "Even if his army shot 5,000 people and imprisoned another 50,000, the Shah's fate would be sealed. The Shah's best hope, if he wishes to retain any symbolic position of esteem, is to make a dramatic declaration turning over his powers to an interim ruling group of elder statesmen. Otherwise, he faces the slow disintegration of his army and, eventually, his entire country." As of last week...