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Iran's personable Shah publicly proclaimed last week that formation of an "Aryan Confederation"*composed of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan is "under careful study." Comparing the proposed confederation to the anti-Soviet Baghdad Pact, the Shah declared: "I am proud that for the first time Persian-speaking nations are forming such a unity-which is aimed at defending their territories against aggression." Since there are only two big powers left in the world, he added, Iran had to join one or the other out of self-defense. Iran's clear choice...
...Nazi, the Shah was using the word "Aryan" in its true ethnic sense, i.e., to refer to the Indo-Iranian peoples who 4,000 years ago occupied the Persian plateau and conquered most of India...
Ever since tear-spouting Premier Mohammed Mossadegh brought his country close to economic ruin in 1951 by nationalizing its oil industry,* Iran has been trying to import as much foreign money and knowledge as possible. Thanks to the Western-minded Shah, Iranian law now offers solid safeguards to foreign investors. The question, after what happened in neighboring Iraq, is whether the politically discontent will wait for long-range economic benefits. Wall Street is making an impressive bet on Iran's peaceful future...
Iran. The stoutly pro-Western Shah, worried by regicide in neighboring Iraq, called members of Parliament to his palace and talked to them of the "bonds linking him with his people." One advantage the Shah has over the Hashemites of the Middle East: his people are Moslem but not Arab, and are thus beyond the limits of Nasser's current ambitions. The Shah's chief internal worry is the presence of 1,000,000 Kurds. This ancient group (whose great ancestor was Saladin) spread across northern Iran, northern Iraq, eastern Turkey, as well as the Soviet Caucasus. Russians...
Bravely attempting to do in Hawaii as the California tourists do, Iran's vacationing Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi got into blue-and-white trunks, dabbed himself with suntan oil and hired Waikiki Beachboy Percy Kinimaka to give him some dual time on a surfboard. After 30 minutes of instruction and two dunkings, the Shah triumphantly soloed 100 ft. through the briny to earn a small tribute from teacher: "A natural surfer." Back at his pine-shaded palace in Teheran, the Shah had earlier discussed his divorce from Princess Soraya, a water-ski student on her recent Bermuda trip, with...