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...have been asked to comment on the dispute about the government of Iran among Persian students, several articles of which appeared in the CRIMSON. Although I am concerned more with Darius than Mohammed Reza Shah, the present situation is not unknown...
Iran does have a secret police and the dismissal of its chief, General Bakhtiyar, does not mean the organization no longer exists. Probably some people in jail should not be there. Elections in Iran are a farce. But this does not mean that the Shah is another Hitler or Stalin with over-leaded concentration camps and a steady diet of executions. Extremist positions, either way, based more on emotions than on realities are distasteful...
...speeches, the Shah reconfirmed Iran's commitment to the West. He recalled that on the day he took his throne at the age of 21, in 1941, Teheran was "invaded and occupied" by Russian troops. At the end of the war, the Russians who "molested my country" were forced out only by the combined efforts of the U.S. and the United Nations. Because of this experience, said the Shah, "we decided to throw our lot officially and openly with the Western nations...
...most pressing problem facing Iran, said the Shah, was to "catch up with the most progressive caravan of world civilization." Though he said Iran now has one of the highest standards of living in the Middle East, individual incomes still average only $165 a year. By drastic economic programs, the Shah wants to raise incomes until in "the next 20 years, they should compete with the advanced countries of Europe." Again and again he said that there is no pride in being ruler of a poor country...
...week's end the Shah took with him a firm commitment for increased U.S. military aid to Iran. Details were not dis closed, but from the State Department came word that the Shah was "extraordinarily satisfied...