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...tell you quite bluntly that this king business has given me nothing personally but headaches," said Shah Mo hammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran to the Na tional Press Club. "During the whole of these 20 years of my reign, I have continually lived under the strain and stress of my duties." In the past two decades, said the Shah, he had been the target of several assassination attempts, been vilified by "elements of international sub version," turned over 90% of his private fortune to be used "for the benefit of my people." As he moved from Washing...
...Manhattan, a city still impressed by the "king business," the Shah and his Empress Farah got the full treatment, including a ticker tape parade. The Empress was received backstage at Broadway's Camelot, visited the Guggenheim Muse um and the Museum of Modern Art. Diplomatically, she said that she "did not know much about modern art. But it is always very interesting for me to see and learn more...
...Shah of Iran's two week visit to the United States has set off a barrage of radically different statements by Iranian students here concerning the nature of the Shah's government...
Majid Tehranian 3G, who recently accused the Iranian government of ruthlessly supressing freedom of speech, press, and assembly, characterized Shah Riza Pahlevi's regime as "one of the most corrupt and tyrannical in our history." He has made these statements as "a leader" of the Confederation of Iranian Students, an organization of 6000 Iranians in America...
Still another view was presented by Donald K. Emerson, International Affairs Vice President of the United States National Student Association, who accused the Shah's regime of keeping Iranian students in prison without benefit of a trial. Emerson went on to say, "The Confederation of Iranian Students represents 39,000 students in Iran, Europe, and the United States...