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PostPosted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:41 pm    Post subject: Suggestion: Iranian Royal Family Leadership Council Reply with quote

Iranian Royal Family Leadership Council Suggestion As A First Step For Unity Of Iranian Oppositions For Freeing Iran Faster With Minimum Bloodshed



At this critical moment in our history, it is absolutely essential to mobilize all our forces and strengthen the opposition leadership in order to free our homeland. There are many Iranian groups and democratic organizations that they are working hard and making sacrifices for freeing our homeland in order to replace the Islamist regime with a free society and secular democracy.
The world has changed and time of promoting only one person as a leader of very complex Iranian oppositions and 70 million Iranian people as a hostage to the Islamist regime can not be acceptable solution for many Iranian opposition groups and individual activists. In these circumstance the important decisions should be made through team effort.

Now with the above introduction, we are suggesting if Her Majesty Shahbanoo Farah Pahlavi, Prince Reza Pahlavi, Prince Ali-Reza Pahlavi, Princess Farahnaz Pahlavi agree, then they might consider creating an Iranian Leadership Royal Family Council with each selecting 4 or more independent advisers from other opposition Iranian groups or individual activists as counsel and members of the Royal Family Council. Together they can define the Council’s responsibilities, conduct fundraising activities and engage in important decision making for freeing our homeland faster. In order to create more unity and a powerful network among the Iranian Groups, the royal family members also should consider accepting advisory positions in other groups. This mesh networks will not only provide the royal family with a vehicle for greater participation, but also provide the opposition with a means of greater collaboration with the royal family in order to increase unity and collaboration across the board.

We think Her Majesty Shahbanoo Farah Pahlavi should be considered as the head of the Royal Family Council. If the Royal Family Council is formed and respected advisers are selected, then I am sure that many opposition groups, Free Iran individual Activists, ActivistChat members welcome active participation of all the top royal family members and their selected independent advisers. Due to the fact that the majority of Iranian people live in California it might be better if the Royal Family Council consider opening their permanent offices in Southern California until Iran is freed.

Our constituents recommendation for selecting advisers are all those organizations and individuals who believe in the following 7 Articles
FREE Iran Activists 2005 Vision wrote:

1. Territorial integrity and national sovereignty of Iran.
2. Complete separation of religion from the State;
3. Acceptance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
4. Free, open and democratic referendum to elect the type of the new Government of Iran in the post-IRI era
5. Minimum standard of living for all citizens of Iran and equal opportunity for all citizens to benefit from country’s national wealth.
6. The “War On Terror” is UNWINNABLE and the world peace can not be achieved as long as the Unelected Islamists Terror and Torture Masters are in power in Iran. The terror state and fear society can not create stability.
7. Iranian people can decide about Nuclear Energy and Atomic Bomb after the regime change when they have established secular democracy and Free society until then Iran can not have any kind of Nuclear research program under Islamist regime control.

OR the following 11 Articles:
FREE Iran Activists 2007 Vision wrote:


1. Cyrus the Great (585-529 BC), is the founding father of Persia. ActivistChat members admire Cyrus The Great as the greatest liberator of all time for defining the First Declaration of Human Rights over 2500 years ago and the humane treatment of vast empire he ruled. Professor Richard Frye of Harvard University said; "Surely the concept of One World, the fusion of Peoples and Cultures into oneness was one of his important legacies".
2. Ferdowsi is the father of Iranian Renaissance, neo-Iranian cultural awareness, and the Shahnameh is credited with the revival of Iranian identity.
3. Being Iranian is defined by a state of mind, not by a place of residence. The barbaric Islamist mullahs and their mercenaries presently ruling Iran are not Iranians and currently Iran is under occupation of Islamic Fascists. Iranians are proud spiritual descendants of King Cyrus the Great, the author of the first charter of the human rights. Some of Cyrus’ children live in the patch of land called Iran. The overwhelming majority—free humans with human beliefs—live in every country, city, and village of the earth.
4. Our unity, position and expectation from others are defined and evaluated with new set of rules and test cases as guidance in search of truth:
a- Have a secular democracy purpose b- Have a Human Rights purpose
c- Have a Free Society purpose d- Have a primary effect to increase freedom at global level.
e- Have the element of War Of Ideas to expand public awareness, education and expansion of truth.
5. Our vision of Greater Middle East is based on Cyrus The Great Unity vision and referred as CU. In the past 2500 years of the history of Greater Middle East the only time that we have seen relative peace and prosperity was during Cyrus The Great and Achaemenid Empire era and some of the worst bloodshed happened after creation of Islam 1400 years ago. The Iranians regarded Cyrus The Great as The Father, the Babylonians as The Liberator, the Greeks as the Law-Giver, and the Jews as the Anointed of the Lord. Reject any Religious, Ethnic cleansing and religious parties for creating division and partition.
6. The "War on Terror" which is a subset of "War on Taazi" UNWINNABLE and the world peace can not be achieved as long as the Unelected Taazi Islamists Terror and Torture Masters are in power in Iran. The TAAZI terror state and fear society can not create peace and stability.
7. Iranian people can decide about Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Research and Atomic Bomb after the regime change when they have established stable secular democracy and FREE society until then Iran should avoid any kind of Nuclear research program, resulting to acquire Atomic Bomb, under Islamist Taazi occupation and control.
8. Territorial integrity and national sovereignty of Iran.
9. Complete separation of religion from the State.
10. Acceptance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
11. Free, open and democratic referendum to elect the type of the new Government of Iran in the post-IRI era.


This is one of the way to create a critical mass faster, get closer to the FREE IRAN Inflection Point, establish free society and secular democracy with minimum bloodshed.

This is an open forum suggestion for ActivistChat members discussion, enhancement and public awareness.





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PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 12:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Excellent Idea!

I fully support this!

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 2:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Spenta wrote:
Excellent Idea!

I fully support this!



Dear Spenta,
Thank you for your support.
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Cyrus

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 11:35 pm    Post subject: Main Steps For Regime Change In Iran Reply with quote

For clarification and in response to questions, there are number of possible steps that might be considered and reviewed by experts before The Iranian people can get to the point of choosing the Head of State for Iran.

Main Steps For Regime Change:
Step 1. Regime Change by Iranian people and military Uprising with possible support from US to destroy small faithful Islamist forces of Mullahs that they have taken 70 million Iranian people as their hostage.
Step 2: Transitional Popular Coalition Government to manage the country administration based on one of the free world countries secular democracy laws which guarantees all aspects of FREE Society and Free Political Parties to prepare the country for final FREE Referendum to choose the system of government and secular democracy. How long the transition will take? May be 2 to 4 Years.. ?( in Germany took 5 years after WWII)
For the transitional period US financial support and international supervision with military presence of UN (US, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and other FREE World countries ....) in Iran as the peacekeeper is necessary as a guarantor for TRUE Free Society in Iran and no one abuse transitional power ( ActivistChat PETITION: TRUE SECURITY BEGINS WITH REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN ) .
Step 3: Free Referendum to choose one of the well tested constitutions of Free World Countries (Sweden, United States, Norway …) or writing a new constitution from scratch?
Step 4: Choosing Head Of State (King Or President) and members of Iranian parliaments.

Free Iran Activists Expectations:
1. Territorial integrity and national sovereignty of Iran.
2. Complete separation of religion from the State;
3. Acceptance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
4. Free, open and democratic referendum to elect the type of the new Government of Iran in the post-IRI era
5. Minimum standard of living for all citizens of Iran and equal opportunity for all citizens to benefit from country’s national wealth.
6. The “War On Terror” is UNWINNABLE and the world peace can not be achieved as long as the Unelected Islamists Terror and Torture Masters are in power in Iran. The terror state and fear society can not create stability.
7. Iranian people can decide about Nuclear Energy and Atomic Bomb after the regime change when they have established secular democracy and Free society until then Iran can not have any kind of Nuclear research program under Islamist regime control.

Iranian oppositions Main Categories :
ActivistChat members and majority of Iranian people are part of Group 1 or Group 2 as below
1. Independent Iranian Secular Democracy Activists (Right, Left and Center) (Unorganized and many groups and individuals both in Iran and Outside Iran)
2. Iranian Royal Family supporters with popular support in Iran (Unorganized)
3. MEK with 20,000 to 50,000 supporters campaigning to put Rajavi in power (Organized) and do not have popular support in Iran for number of reasons. Due to the Islamic Ideology can not guarantee Secular Democracy .

Iran Facts :
After Khomeni took power in Iran in 1978 by false promises the majority of Iranian opposition groups had this illusion to repeat the history by promoting one person as the only alternative, good example MEK is trying very hard to promote Rajavi as the future leader and Royalist are trying to promote Prince Reza Pahlavi. The Neo-Colonialist EU Power, China and Russia also prefer to deal with one person and they prefer a corrupt leader...
Iranian people are getting smarter and they are not trying to repeat the same mistake again.

With above quick review, we think Royal Family Leadership Council solution might be absolutely essential for step 1,2 and 3 as described above.


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1- Regime Change In Iran
2- Free Society
3- Secular Democracy and Election
4- Human Rights
5- Truth


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PostPosted: Thu May 31, 2007 8:23 pm    Post subject: Admitting to A Problem and Accepting Mistakes Reply with quote

cyrus wrote:
Admitting to A Problem and Accepting Mistakes Are The Best Steps Toward Finding A Better Solution, Confessing To The Grand Delusion Is The Beginning Of Redemption....
As Long As President Bush Admin Has Not Accepted Problems and Mistakes Regarding Iraq and Iran Policy and They Have Not Accepted Secular Democracy, Establishing Free Society and Human Rights As The Key Elements Of Any Future Policies Towards All Developing Countries They Will Fail.
The Oil Addiction Is An Excuse For Not Implementing Correct Policy to Please Certain Lobbyists In Washington. Any Republican or Democratic US administration that does not follow the following rules will fail:


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Today Simple Rules For Evaluating Policy and Strategy

Our future expectations from policy makers and leadership are defined with new set of test cases for foreign policy evaluation criteria to be able to measure success and failure results more easily. Our recommended test cases and criteria are based on Cyrus The Great Spirit, the American founding fathers vision, spirit of freedom, US constitution and defined as follows:

1- Have a secular democracy purpose
2- Have a Human Rights purpose
3- Have a Free Society purpose
4- Have a primary effect to increase freedom at global level.
5- Have the element of War Of Ideas to expand public awareness, education and expansion of truth.
6- Have an element of Freedom of Choice
7- Applying the U.S.A. Supreme Court accepted "Lemon test," to foreign policy decisions, strategy and conduct. According to the "Lemon test," in order to be constitutional, a law or public act must: a) Have a secular purpose. b) Have a primary effect that neither advances nor inhibits religion. c) Not result in excessive governmental entanglement with religion.
8- Move towards better unified global fair Justice System.

Any US Admin foreign policies from (Right, Center, Left) that does not pass the above generic test cases, will not be very successful in long term, despite the fact that might look good for special interest group in short term (Iraq, Iran, …..)


Based on the above rules ActivistChat condemns any kind of talks at any levels with Mafia Mullahs who are illegitimate occupiers of Iran in past 28 years and it is in National Interest Of both United States and Iranian people that we use all means for Regime Change In Iran, pushing for respecting Human Rights, establishing Free Society and supporting Secular Democracy demands by great majority of Iranian people.

ActivistChat wrote:


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Reject USA Surrenders To The Mafia Mullahs and Tyrants Of Iran

Reject Any kind of talk with illegitimate Mafia Mullahs Occupiers of Iran, Terror/Torture Masters and Hostage Takers under any context at any official level and by any United States administrations as long as Iran has not been able to establish Free Society, Secular Democracy and human rights. Any United States Government who does not honors its historical commitments and words will be rejected by both freedom-loving American and Iranian people.

- The Coronation of Empress Farah By Shah Of Iran In 1967 Give Her Majesty Full Legal Power
- Her Majesty Shahbanou Farah Pahlavi Is The Legitimate Leader Of Iran While Iran Is The Hostage Of Mafia Mullahs And During Transition from Mafia Mullahs to Free Society and Secular Democracy…..
It is accepted fact that Her Majesty Shahbanou Farah Pahlavi is legally leader of Iran and today has the highest approval rating from great Majority of Iranian people both inside and outside Iran.
- Her Majesty Shahbanou Farah Pahlavi must be treated as Head Of State and welcomed by all countries who wish to have a Good Relation With Future Free Iran
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Forgotten American Historical Commitments By Eight USA Presidents
Toasts of President Gerald R. Ford and the Shah of Iran
May 15, 1975
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=4918
http://www.ford.utexas.edu/LIBRARY/speeches/750261.htm

Your Imperial Majesties, the Shahanshah and Shahbanou:

I warmly welcome the Imperial Majesties to the White House this evening, and I am sure by the reception that has been indicated here, everybody joins me on this wonderful occasion.

Your visit here is, of course, a tribute to the long legacy of a very close and very cooperative tie between Iran and the United States, and I hope, on the other hand, that you will think upon this as a visit between old friends.

I am the seventh President, Your Imperial Majesty, to have met with you on such an occasion. The facts speak volumes for the continuity and the duration of our bilateral relations and the importance that we attach to the broadening and the deepening of those ties and those interests of peace and progress throughout the world. These are objectives to which the United States remains deeply committed. These objectives Iran shares with us.

Our nations have thus brought together a very unique relationship, working together cooperatively for the past several decades on the basis of a mutual respect, and I am looking forward to continuing this great tradition with yourself, and this country and your country. And it is, as I see it, a living and a growing tradition.

Recently, our common bonds have acquired a new scope as Iran, under your Imperial Majesty's wise leadership, has made extraordinary strides in its economic development and its relationships with other countries of its region and the world.

The progress that you have made serves as a superb model to nations everywhere. Iran has moved from a country once in need of aid to one which last year committed a substantial part of its gross national product to aiding less fortunate nations.

Iran is also playing a very leading role in what we hope will be a very successful effort to establish a more effective economic relationship between the oil producers, the industrialized nations, and the developing nations.

As an indication of Iran's economic importance to the world scene, I am impressed that civilian, non-oil trade between the United States and Iran is expected to total over $20 billion by 1980.

The present period will be seen by historians as a very major milestone in Iran's ancient and very glorious history. The leader whose vision and dynamism has brought Iran to this stage, His Imperial Majesty, is clearly one of the great men of his generation, of his country, and of the world.

Just as Iran's role and potential goes far beyond its own border, so, too, His Imperial Majesty is one of the world's great statesmen. His experience of over 30 years as Iran's leader has been marked by dedication to progress and prosperity at home and significant contributions to the cause of peace and cooperation abroad.

We deeply value our friendship and our ties with Iran, and we will remain strong in that friendship now and for the future. In an interdependent world, we remain deeply grateful for the constructive friendship of Iran, which is playing a very important role in pursuit of a more peaceful, stable, and very prosperous world. And we, for our part, remain constant in our friendship with this great country. We pledge ourselves to insuring that our ties are creatively adjusted to meet the pressing problems and changing realities of the present world.

On a more personal note, let me add that Mrs. Ford and I have felt great pleasure in welcoming Her Imperial Majesty, the Shahbanou of Iran, on this visit. Your Imperial Majesty's dedication to progress within your country is widely known, as is your warmth and your beauty and your graciousness. Your presence is a high honor for us on this occasion.

Ladies and gentlemen, I welcome our distinguished guests, Their Imperial Majesties, and I ask that you join me in proposing a toast to Their Imperial Majesties, the Shahanshah and Shabanou of Iran.


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NOTE: The President spoke at 10:17 p.m. in the State Dining Room at the White House. The Shah responded as follows:

Mr. President, Mrs. Ford, distinguished guests:

It is difficult to find words to express our sentiments of gratitude for the warm welcome that you, Mr. President and Mrs. Ford, have reserved for us today.

I wanted to come to this country that I knew before to meet the President of this country for whom we have developed, since he assumed this high office, a sentiment of respect for a man who is not shrinking in front of events. And may I congratulate you for the great leadership and the right decisions that you took for your country and, may I add, for all the peoples who want to live in freedom.

This is precisely what this world needs -- courage, dignity, and love of the other human being. We are proud of being a good and, I believe, a trusted friend of the United States of America, and this will continue because this friendship is based on permanent and durable reasons -- these reasons being that we share the same philosophy of life, the same ideals. And I could not imagine another kind of living which would be worth living.

Your country has been of great help to us during our time of needs. This is something that we do not forget as what Iran can do in this changing world and this world of interdependency. In addition to our continuous friendship with you, we will try to be of any utility and help to other nations which would eventually need that help.

I have got to look to the future of the world -- with all the seriousness of the situation -- with hope, because without it, it will be very difficult to work and to plan.

In that future, I know that we are going to walk together, work together to uphold the ideals in which we believe -- for a world which will be rid of its present difficulties, a world which will not know again the words of famine, illiteracy, sickness, and disease.

Thank you again, Mr. President, for the warm sentiments of friendship that you have shown towards my country and my people. I only can reciprocate the same feelings for yourself and the great people of the United States, and in doing so, I would like to ask this distinguished audience to rise for a toast to the health of the President of the United States of America, of Mrs. Ford, and the people of America.


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Source: http://www.angelfire.com/empire/imperialiran/coronation6.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V5K0Oe-rZc

Shah of Iran and Empress Farah - From the Presidential Libraries collection

Source: http://www.parstimes.com/history/shah_us/


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Ford | Nixon | LBJ | JFK | Eisenhower | Truman | FDR
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Rosalynn Carter and Jimmy Carter host welcoming ceremony for the state visit of the Shah of Iran and Shahbanou of Iran., 11/15/1977

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Jimmy Carter and Shah of Iran inspect the troop during welcoming ceremony for the Shah., 11/15/1977

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The Shah of Iran, Jimmy Carter, the Shahbanou of Iran and Rosalynn Carter participate in a formal pose during a State Dinner., 11/15/1977

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Meeting between Jimmy Carter and the Shah of Iran, 11/15/1977

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Jimmy Carter and the Shah of Iran , 11/15/1977

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The Shah of Iran and the Shahbanou of Iran present Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter with a tapestry of George Washington., 11/15/1977

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Visit of the Shah of Iran White House Statement Issued Following the First Meeting Between the President and the Shah. - November 15th, 1977
Toasts of the President and the Shah - November 15th, 1977
Visit of the Shah of Iran White House Statement Issued Following the Second Meeting Between the President and the Shah. - November 16, 1977


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November 15-16, 1977 - State visit. In U.S. November 14; visited Williamsburg (Virginia).


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The Shahbanou of Iran holds Jimmy Carter IV while Rosalynn Carter, Caron Carter and Chip Carter watch., 01/18/1978

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Empress of Iran with Rosalynn Carter, 07/11/1977

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Rosalynn Carter and Jimmy Carter with the Empress of Iran, 07/11/1977

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President Carter waves from Air Force One on his arrival in Tehran, Iran., 12/31/1977

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Arrival ceremony for Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter in Tehran, Iran., 12/31/1977

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Jimmy Carter and the Shah of Iran , 12/31/1977

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Jimmy Carter speaks at a State Dinner hosted by the Shah of Iran., 12/31/1977

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Jimmy Carter and the Shah toast at a State Dinner hosted by the Shah of Iran., 12/31/1977

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Jimmy Carter and the Shah of Iran, 12/31/1977

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The Shahbanou of Iran and Rosalynn Carter , 12/31/1977

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Jimmy Carter and US officials meet with the Shah of Iran and Iranian officials., 12/31/1977

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Jimmy Carter with King Hussein of Jordan, the Shah of Iran and the Shahbanou of Iran., 12/31/1977

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Tehran, Iran Remarks of the President and Mohammad Reza Palavi, Shahanshah of Iran at the Welcoming Ceremony. - December 31st, 1977
Tehran, Iran Toasts of the President and the Shah at a State Dinner. - December 31st, 1977

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President Ford and the Shah of Iran., 5/15/1975

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President Ford and the Shah of Iran., 5/15/1975

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President Ford and the Shah of Iran., 5/15/1975

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President Ford and the Shah of Iran., 5/15/1975

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President Ford and the Shah of Iran., 5/15/1975

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President Ford and the Shah of Iran., 5/15/1975

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President Ford and the Shah of Iran., 5/15/1975

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President Ford and the Shah of Iran., 5/15/1975

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President Ford and the Shah of Iran., 5/15/1975

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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi - The Shah of Iran, 5/15/1975

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The Shah and Shahbanou of Iran and President Ford and First Lady Betty Ford - 5/15/1975

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Mrs. Ford with the Shahbanou of Iran, - 5/15/1975

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The Shah of Iran, President Ford, the Shahbanou of Iran and Betty Ford participate in a formal pose during a State Dinner. - 5/15/1975

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The Shah Iran and First Lady Betty Ford - 5/15/1975

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President Ford and Shahbanou of Iran, - 5/15/1975

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May 15-18, 1975 - State visit. In U.S. May 15; visited Williamsburg (Virginia).

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Remarks of Welcome to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shahanshah of Iran. - 5/15/1975
Toasts of the President and the Shah - 5/15/1975

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Mrs. Ford with the Shahbanou (Queen) of Iran on the steps leading to the Truman Balcony prior to hosting a luncheon in the Second Floor Family Dining Room, 07/10/1975

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Arrival ceremony/Shah of Iran , 07/24/1973

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President Nixon and the Shah of Iran in the Oval Office , 07/24/1973

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President Nixon greets the Shah of Iran and Empress Farah at the White House, 07/24/1973

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President Nixon greets the Shah of Iran and Empress Farah at the White House, 07/24/1973

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President Nixon and the Shah of Iran, 07/24/1973

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Patricia Nixon and the Shahbanou of Iran, 07/24/1973

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The Shah of Iran, President Nixon, the Shahbanou of Iran and Patricia Nixon participate in a formal pose during a State Dinner 07/24/1973

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The Shah of Iran, President Nixon, the Shahbanou of Iran, Patricia Nixon and actor Peter Falk 07/24/1973

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The Shah of Iran, Secretary Henry Kissinger and Ambassador Ardeshir Zahedi, 07/24/1973

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President Nixon & Secretary Henry Kissinger and the Shah of Iran in the Oval Office , 07/26/1973

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July 24-26, 1973 - State visit. In U.S. July 23-27; visited Williamsburg (Virginia).


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Remarks of Welcome to His Imperial Majesty, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shahanshah of Iran - July 24th, 1973
Toasts of the President and the Shah of Iran - July 24th, 1973
Toasts of the President and the Shah of Iran at a Dinner at the Iranian Embassy - July 25th, 1973
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The Shah and Shahbanou of Iran greet President Nixon and First Lady Patricia Nixon, 05/30/1972

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President Nixon and Iranian generals, 05/30/1972

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President Nixon and the Shah of Iran, 05/30/1972

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Students greet President Nixon and First Lady Patricia Nixon at Tehran Mehrabad Airport, 05/30/1972

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People greeting President Nixon's Motorcade near the Shahyad Monument, 05/30/1972

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President Nixon and the Shah of Iran, 05/30/1972

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President Nixon and the Shah of Iran, 05/30/1972

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First Lady Patricia Nixon and the Shahbanou of Iran, 05/31/1972

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Children greet First Lady Patricia Nixon and the Shahbanou of Iran, 05/31/1972

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Remarks at the Shahyad Monument in Tehran, Iran. - May 30, 1972
Toasts of the President and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, at a State Dinner in Tehran. - May 30, 1972
Toasts of the President and the Shah of Iran at a Luncheon in Tehran Honoring Their Imperial Majesties. - May 31, 1972


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The Shah of Iran, President Nixon, and Mrs. Nixon in formal attire for a state dinner in the White House, 10/21/1969

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President Nixon and the Shah of Iran on the reviewing stand, on the south lawn of the White House, 10/21/1969

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The Shah of Iran and President Nixon , 10/21/1969

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October 21-23, 1969 - Official visit. In U.S. October 17; visited Williamsburg (Virginia) and New York City.

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President Lyndon B. Johnson introduces Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to J. Waddy Bullion, 06/11/1968

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President Lyndon B. Johnson introduces Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to Mrs. Waddy Bullion, 06/11/1968

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Toasts of the President and the Shah of Iran - June 11th, 1968

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June 12, 1968 - Private visit. In U.S. June 10-16; visited New York City, St. Louis (Missouri), Cambridge (Massachusetts), and Chicago.

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L-R: Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, President Lyndon B.Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, 08/22/1967

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In conversation before State Dinner (foreground, L-R) Lady Bird Johnson (back to camera), Lynda Johnson, V.P. Hubert Humphrey, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, 08/22/1967

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Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and President Lyndon B. Johnson speak in the Oval Office, 08/23/1967

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Remarks of Welcome at the White House to the Shah of Iran. (August 22, 1967)
Toasts of the President and His Imperial Majesty Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran. (August 22, 1967)
Joint Statement Following Discussions With the Shah of Iran. (August 23, 1967)

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August 22-24, 1967 - Official visit. Arrived in New York City August 21.
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Meeting with the Shah of Iran. Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, President Kennedy, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. White House, Cabinet Room, 04/13/1962

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President and Mrs. Kennedy greet the Shah and the Shahbanou of Iran.
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President and Mrs. Kennedy pose with the Shah and the Shahbanou of Iran.
April 11, 1962

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President and Mrs. Kennedy with the Shah Iran.
April 11, 1962

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Special Collections & Archives, George Mason University

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April 11-14, 1962 - State visit at Washington and Onslow Beach (North Carolina). In U.S. April 10-18, visiting Cape Canaveral (Florida), Fort Bragg (North Carolina), and New York City.

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Remarks of Welcome to the Shah and the Empress of Iran at the Washington National Airport. April 11, 1962
Toasts of the President and the Shah of Iran. April 11, 1962

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The Shah of Iran greets President Eisenhower at Tehran Mehrabad Airport, 12/14/1959

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The Shah of Iran greets President Eisenhower at Tehran Mehrabad Airport, 12/14/1959

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Iranians greet President Eisenhower in Tehran, 12/14/1959

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Iranians greet President Eisenhower in Tehran, 12/14/1959

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Iranians greet President Eisenhower in Tehran, 12/14/1959

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Photograph of President Eisenhower and the Shah of Iran, 12/14/1959

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Remarks Upon Arrival at Mehrabad Airport, Tehran. - December 14th, 1959
Address to the Members of the Parliament of Iran. - December 14th, 1959
Joint Statement Following Discussions With the Shah of Iran. - December 14th, 1959
Toast by the President at a Luncheon Given in His Honor by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. - December 14th, 1959
Remarks at the Mehrabad Airport, Tehran, Upon Leaving for Greece. - December 14th, 1959


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Vice President Nixon greeting the Shah of Iran and Empress Soraya, 12/13/1954

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Vice President Nixon greeting the Shah of Iran and Empress Soraya, 12/13/1954

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Vice President Nixon greeting the Shah of Iran and Empress Soraya, 12/13/1954

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The Shah of Iran, 12/13/1954

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President Eisenhower greeting the Shah of Iran and Empress Soraya, 12/13/1954

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Photograph of President Eisenhower and the Shah of Iran 12/13/1954

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December 13-15, 1954 - Unofficial visit. Afterwards visited San Francisco, Sun Valley (Idaho), and New York City. Departed U.S. February 11, 1955.


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President Eisenhower greets Prinecess Shahnaz Pahlavi in Washington DC. Also pictured is Iranian Ambassador Ardeshir Zahedi - 05/2/1960

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Eleanor Roosevelt and Shah of Iran in Teheran, Iran , 03/20/1959

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Photograph of President Truman shaking hands with the Shah of Iran upon the Shah's arrival at Washington National Airport., 11/16/1949

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Photograph of a banner welcoming the Shah of Iran to Washington, during a parade in the Shah's honor, with a view of the Capitol in the background., 11/16/1949

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Photograph of the Shah of Iran speaking at Washington National Airport, during ceremonies welcoming him to the United States, as President Truman looks on., 11/16/1949

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Photograph of the Shah of Iran outside George Washington's home, during his tour of Mount Vernon., ca. 11/16/1949

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Photograph of the President and Mrs. Truman with the Shah of Iran, in formal attire, during the Shah's visit to the United States., ca. 11/18/1949

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Photograph of the Shah of Iran, followed by a military procession, after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery., ca. 11/16/1949

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Photograph of President Truman, the Shah of Iran, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, and other dignitaries standing at attention, during ceremonies welcoming the Shah to Washington., 11/16/1949

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Photograph of President Truman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, the Shah of Iran, and other dignitaries at ceremonies welcoming the Shah to Washington, during his visit to the United States., 11/16/1949

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Photograph of President Truman shaking hands with the Shah of Iran upon the Shah's arrival at Washington National Airport., 11/16/1949

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Photograph of President Truman and the Shah of Iran shaking hands at Washington National Airport upon the Shah's arrival in the United States, with the President's airplane, "The Independence" (which had brought the Shah to Washington) in the background., 11/16/1949

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Photograph of President Truman with the Shah of Iran in the Oval Office., ca. 11/18/1949

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Photograph of President Truman with the Shah of Iran in the Oval Office., ca. 11/18/1949

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November 16-20, 1949 - Good will visit. Afterwards visited New York City, Princeton (New Jersey), West Point (New York), Detroit (Michigan), Fort Knox (Kentucky), the Grand Canyon (Arizona), Las Vegas (Nevada), Phoenix (Arizona), San Diego, Los Angeles, and Sun Valley (Idaho). Departed U.S. December 13.
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Remarks of Welcome to the Shah of Iran at the Washington National Airport. - November 16th, 1949
Toasts of the President and the Shah - November 16th, 1949
Toast of the President at a Dinner Given in His Honor by the Shah of Iran - November 18th, 1949
Joint Statement Following Discussions With the Shah of Iran - December 30th, 1949
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Photograph of President Roosevelt with the Shah of Iran during the Tehran Conference - November 30, 1943

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cyrus wrote:


From: Hashem Hakimi
Retired Imperial Iranian Ambassador


To: The Honorable George W. Bush President Of United States


As one of the remaining senior Iranian Imperial Ambassadors with many years of service in his majesty’s Foreign Office I unequivocally and unconditionally am in favor of regime change in Iran without classic Warfare, I further believe by adopting the correct strategy this could effectively be achieved by United States Government stepping up its support of the Iranian Opposition Groups within Iran and outside Iran, together with a complete blockade of Iranian ports and economic routes combined with total economic sanctions, and targeting the Islamic Republics’ heirarchy. I support and respect the aspiration of Iranian people for a free secular democracy and human rights.

I further declare that:

1. Over the past 28 years the Islamic fascist occupiers of Iran and regime’s apparatus, namely courts, judges and vigilantes have all committed acts of: International terrorism, mass execution of political prisoners, murder, stoning, torture, assault, theft, destruction of property, arson, perjury, falsification of testimonials and material evidence, illegal surveillance, kidnapping, rape, blackmail, fraud, obstruction of justice, creating fear society, conspiracy, cover-ups and every other form of butchery and depredation.

2. I declare Khamenei, Rafsanjani, Amadinejad, Khatami as Islamic Fascists leadership and occupiers of Iran and they are considered as guilty for crimes against Humanity according to the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and established International Law. They have created a society of fear and terror taking 70 million Iranians as their hostages.

3. Human Rights violations by the Islamic "Republic" of Iran have reached an unprecedented colossal level of cruelty and barbarism.

4. I further recognize bombing Iran and its infrastructure is not necessary to free Iran because the Iranian people who are the most pro-American nation in the Middle East and possibly in the world should not be considered as enemies of the United States .

5. I have come to the conclusion that the best way to deal with this unelected and undemocratic regime is to deal with it strongly and with a comprehensive set of measures.

I strongly advocate the following measures:

· Please consider declaring the clerical regime as an illegitimate government

· Please consider completely blockading Iranian ports in the Persian Gulf, the Caspian Sea and other major routes only allowing passage of food and medicine.

· Stop the flow of oil from and to Iran .

· Bring Iranian aviation to a complete halt.

· Indict all the regime’s leader and henchmen in the International Courts and obtain international arrest warrants.

· Further to above obtain orders to ease all their personal assets outside Iran including the regime’s support organizations such as Alavi Foundation in New York City .
Stop, with immediate effect, all international trading with the clerical regime .

· Publicly identify known Isalmic Republic agents, and aggressively pursue the prosecution of their agents abroad as promoters of international terrorism and abusers of human rights. Shut down all illegal unregistered agent organizations representing IRI interests, their lobbyist and apologists.

· Stop all IRI satellite TV and Radio programming to the outside world.

· Freeze IRI assets outside of Iran and impose prohibition on investment, a travel ban, and asset freezes for government leaders and nuclear scientists.

· Worldwide announcement to all nations that any deals and contracts made with IRI (Islamic Republic of Iran) by any entity is null and void and the US Government will back all efforts for future legitimate Iranian Governments to seek compensation from all those helping the current regime transfer assets and monies abroad.

· Close or limit Islamic Republic’s embassies and its activities including travel limits on Iranian diplomats.

· I am requesting from United States as friend of freedom-loving Iranian people to freeze all the deposits of the criminal leaders of IRI, its officials and Mullahs in Dubai ’s financial institutions. These funds belong to ordinary Iranian people and must be frozen for future legitimate government of Iran to use for its finances and and not be penniless. Or for these Islamic thugs to use the billions of dollars of stolen and hidden Iranian assets to create terror and violence in order to overthrew future governments of Iran or to be used for supporting terror in the West or America .

· Please release part of the frozen assets of Iran to the IRI opposition or provide funding to be spent on funds supporting a General Strike in Iran and promotion of democracy.

· Please push to expel IRI representatives from UN since the IRI constitution is contrary to the UDHR (Universal Declarations of Human Rights).

Any regime change in Iran must adhere to the principles of democracy defined by Iranians themselves in 1906 and adhere to the vision sought by the fathers of the Constiutional movement in Iran who took the vision of the American Founding Fathers and other democratic movements as their guiding principles namely:

Secular democracy protecting all not just the rights of the majority;
universal Human Rights; and a free society .

After the liberation of Iran and the much desired overthrew of the unpopular Mullahs, the situation in Iran will be very different to Iraq :

1- There will not be another terrorist sponsoring regime to fund insurgency and terror neither to Iran itself nor in to Iraq .

2- Iranian society is very different to Iraq . The issues of Shia or Sunni will not be a problem the way it is being in Iraq .

3- With a totally different culture, the people of Iran are truly sick and tired of this regime and all they need is a positive signal from the USA . Iranians will do the job with non military invasion of their country .

I hope that the United States Government honours its historical commitements to respect territorial integrity and national sovereignty of Iran after regime change in Iran and reject any possible federalist ideas along NONEXISTENT racial lines in Iran .

Please remember; the key to salvation of Iraq is also in freedom of Iran . The freedom-loving countries of the world must unite and assist Iranian people to end this embarrassment to humanity and civility called Islamic Republic and allow Iran to come back to the arms of the civilized nations.

In helping Iranians, you have stopped the violence in Iraq and have made Iran reach democracy with minimum bloodshed and have preserved the peace and freedom worldwide.

Yours Sincerely,

Hashem Hakimi
Retired Imperial Iranian Ambassador
Oslo, Norway


Reject Rice For Talks With Mullahs, breakthrough with Mullahs and Scorpions are just the illusion by looser for delay tactics....
Talk to Mullahs is considered as surrender to Axis Of Evil by Rice and Bush Admin.


Associated Press Writer wrote:

Rice Confirms Talks With Iran
Monday May 14, 2007 1:31 PM
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6631409,00.html

By MATTHEW LEE

Associated Press Writer

MOSCOW (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday the United States decided to hold talks with Iran about security in wartorn Iraq because officials believed the timing was right.

``We've had that channel (for talks) for some time, and it seemed like a good time to activate it,'' Rice told reporters accompanying her here for talks with Russian officials.

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Iran amputates man’s hand in public
Tue. 15 May 2007
Iran Focus
http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=11253

Tehran, Iran, May 15 – Authorities have chopped up the hand of a man in public in the western city of Kermanshah, a state-run daily reported on Tuesday.
“In order to deal decisively against those disrupting national security and order and to carry out the divine law, at exactly 4 pm on Sunday the sentence for Arash’s hand to be amputated in public was carried out in Kermanshah’s Jafaar-Abad Square”, wrote the hard-line daily Qods.
The report said that Arash, whose hand was chopped off, had taken part in 16 robberies.
The sentence had been upheld by Iran’s State Supreme Court, it added. It did not mention, however, which hand was amputated.
Iran’s Islamic penal system regularly practices centuries-old sentences for petty crimes, such as amputation of limbs, eye gouging, stoning to death, and throwing prisoners off a cliff in a sac.


As Part of Russian Studies, has Dr. Rice forgotten what she has learned from Andrei Sakharov father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb and Top Human Rights Activist ??????
Andrei Sakharov wrote:



Source: http://www.aip.org/history/sakharov/

Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989) was a Soviet physicist who became, in the words of the Nobel Peace Committee, a spokesman for the conscience of mankind. He was fascinated by fundamental physics and cosmology, but he had to spent two decades designing nuclear weapons. The acknowledged father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, he contributed perhaps more than anyone else to the military might of the USSR. But it was his top secret experience as a leading nuclear expert that was instrumental in making Sakharov one of the most courageous critics of the Soviet regime, a human rights activist and the first Russian to win the Nobel Peace Prize. He helped bring down one of history’s most powerful dictatorships. This exhibit tells about Sakharov’s extraordinary life.


The connection Sakharov saw between the violation of human rights and international violence has become increasingly recognized. Scholars find that nations with broad and solid political rights (that is, democracies) have rarely if ever warred on one another. But repression at home often leads to conflict abroad. See this essay (S. Weart) and this Democratic Peace site (R.J. Rummel).


What Happened To President Bush Words wrote:


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Taazi Islamist Students who were involved in the takeover of the US embassy in 1979
Source: http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/tehran_1979.htm
Some of the students who were involved in the takeover of the US embassy in Tehran later became part of the government and political establishment, and some of them currently serve in official capacities.


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PostPosted: Thu May 31, 2007 10:45 pm    Post subject: Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi of Iran Reply with quote


President Eisenhower greets Prinecess Shahnaz Pahlavi in Washington DC. Also pictured is Iranian Ambassador Ardeshir Zahedi - 05/2/1960


Photo courtesy of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi was born in at the Sa'adabad Palace in Tehran on October 27, 1940. She is the eldest daughter of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi and his first wife, Princess Fawzia of Egypt. She was married to Ardeshir Zahedi, Iranian Ambassador to the US, from 1957 to 1964. They had one daughter, Princess Zahra Mahnaz (born December 2, 1958). Princess Shahnaz married Khosrow Jahanbani in February of 1971. They had one son, Prince Keykhosrow (b. 1971), and one daughter, Princess Fawzieh (b. 1973). She currently resides in Switzerland.




Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi of Iran
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU3PpT_6ByM

Aroussi Ardeshir Zahedi & Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5zgW48C-Ls



Pahlavi
Princess Shahnaz is seen here in a 1960 issue of a Turkish Magazine HAYAT. She is the daughter of the Shah and Princess Fawzia of Egypt.

Daughters of the Shah

Princess Farahnaz & Princess Shahnaz


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Empress Farah & French President


Former President of France, Giscard D'estaing and the former Empress of Iran, Farah Pahlavi. I believe this picture is from 1976, when the French President paid a state visit to Iran.
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The Royal Family Album

http://www.ardeshirzahedi.org/images/royals/w2.html

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http://www.ardeshirzahedi.org/images/royals/l8.html

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PostPosted: Thu May 31, 2007 11:39 pm    Post subject: From Official site of H.I.H. Princess Ashraf Pahlavi of Ira Reply with quote

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia wrote:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawzia_of_Egypt
Fawzia Shirin
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Fawzia bint Fuad
Shahbanu of Iran

Titles Mrs Ismail Hussain Shirin Bey (1949-)
HRH Princess Fawzia of Eygpt (1949-1949)HI&RH Princess Fawzia of Iran and Egypt (1948-1949)
HIM Queen Fawzia of Iran (1941-1948)
HI&RH The Crown Princess of Iran (1939-1941)
HRH Princess Fawzia of Egypt (1922-1939)
HSH Princess Fawzia of Egypt (1921-1922)
Born November 5, 1921 (1921-11-05) (age 85)
Ras Al-Teen Palace, Alexandria, Egypt
Consort September 16, 1941 - November 17, 1948
Consort to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Issue Shahnaz Pahlavi, Nadia Shirin, Muhammed Shirin
Royal House Muhammad Ali Dynasty
Father Fuad I of Eygpt
Mother Nazli Sabri
Princess Fawzia bint Fuad of Egypt (Arabic: فوزية بنت الملك فؤاد, Persian: فوزیه فؤاد) (Alexandria, Egypt, November 5, 1921 -) was the first wife and Queen consort of Shahanshah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi of Iran.

She is currently Fawzia Shirin, having remarried in 1949 and having lost her royal titles in 1952 when the Egyptian monarchy was abolished, although she is referred to as Princess out of courtesy. She is the senior member of the deposed Egyptian Royal Family residing in Egypt. Her nephew Fuad, who was proclaimed King Fuad II of Egypt upon the departure of his father into exile in Europe, resides in Switzerland.

An Egyptian citizen of mostly Albanian, Circassian, and French descent, Princess Fawzia is a member of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty, a family of Albanian origin which came to prominence in Egypt under the Ottoman Empire.

Contents [hide]
1 Early life
2 Marriage to Crown Prince of Iran
3 Marriage to Colonel Ismail Hussain Shirin Bey
4 Other
5 References
6 Titles from Birth



[edit] Early life
She was born Her Sultanic Highness Princess Fawzia bint Fuad at Ras Al-Teen Palace in Alexandria, the eldest daughter of Fuad I, Sultan of Egypt (later King Fuad I) and his second wife, Nazli Sabri. One of her great-great-grandfathers was Suleiman Pasha, a French army officer who served under Napoleon, converted to Islam, and oversaw an overhaul of the Egyptian army. In addition to her sisters Faiza, Faika, and Fathiya, and her brother Farouk, she had two half-siblings from her father's previous marriage to Princess Shivakiar Khanum Effendi. Princess Fawzia was raised to the rank of Royal Highness in 1922, when her father became king.


[edit] Marriage to Crown Prince of Iran
Princess Fawzia of Egypt married Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919-1980), the Crown Prince of Iran, in Cairo, on March 16, 1939; after their honeymoon, the wedding ceremonies were repeated in Tehran. Two years later, the crown prince succeeded his exiled father and was to become the last Shah of Iran. Soon after her husband's ascent to the throne, Queen Fawzia appeared on the cover of the September 21, 1942 issue of Life magazine, photographed by Cecil Beaton, who described her as an "Asian Venus" with "a perfect heart-shaped face and strangely pale but piercing blue eyes"

The marriage was not a success. After the birth of the couple's only child, Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi, Queen Fawzia -- the title of empress was not yet used in Iran at that time -- obtained an Egyptian divorce in 1945, whereupon she moved to Cairo. This divorce was not recognized by Iran, however, and eventually an official divorce was obtained, in Iran, on November 17, 1948, with Queen Fawzia reclaiming her previous distinction of Princess of Egypt. A major condition of the divorce was that her daughter be left behind to be raised in Iran. Curiously, Queen Fawzia's brother, King Farouk, divorced his first wife, Queen Farida, the same week.

In the official announcement of the divorce, it was stated that "the Persian climate had endangered the health of Empress [sic] Fawzia, and that thus it was agreed that the Egyptian King's sister be divorced." In another official statement, the Shah said that the dissolution of the marriage "cannot affect by any means the existing friendly relations between Egypt and Iran."[1]

It has been speculated that family relations between the two royal houses were difficult, particularly since the older Royal family of Egypt regarded the Pahlavi's as parvenues, and the Queen-Mother of Iran and her daughters found Fawzia difficult and distant.


[edit] Marriage to Colonel Ismail Hussain Shirin Bey
On March 28, 1949, in Cairo, Princess Fawzia married Colonel Ismail Hussain Shirin Bey, (1919-1994), a distant cousin and onetime Egyptian Minister of War and the Navy. The couple had two children: Nadia (born 1950) and Hussain (born 1955).


[edit] Other
Princess Fawzia's death was mistakenly reported in January 2005. Journalists had confused her with her niece Princess Fawzieh (Fevziye) (1940-2005), one of the three daughters of King Farouk: Ferial, Faiza and Fawzieh

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Soraya Esfandiary
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Queen Soraya of Iran, on the cover of the Italian magazine Epoca, in 1953.See also the Soraya disambiguation page.
Soraya Esfandiary (Persian: ثریا اسفندیاری, UniPers: Sorayâ Asfandiyâri) (June 22, 1932 - October 26, 2001) was the second wife and Queen consort of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran.

Though her husband's title, Shahanshah (King of Kings), is the equivalent of emperor, it was not until 1967 that a complementary feminine title, Shahbanu, was created to designate the wife of a Shah. Until then, wives of Shahs, including Soraya, bore the title Maleke (borrowed from Arabic Malika), though in the popular press they frequently and incorrectly were called Empress.

Contents [hide]
1 Birth
2 Marriage to the Shah
3 Infertility and divorce
4 Career as actress and depression
5 Death
6 Memoirs
7 Trivia
8 References
9 Titles from birth to death
10 External links



[edit] Birth
Born in Isfahan, Persia, Soraya Esfandiary was the eldest child and only daughter of Khalil Esfandiary -- a notable of the Bakhtiari tribe of southern Iran who was the Iranian ambassador to West Germany in the 1950s -- and his Russian-born German wife, Eva Karl. She had one brother, Bijan.

Her family had long been involved in the Iranian government and diplomatic corps. An uncle, Sardar Assad, was a leader in the Iranian constitutional movement of the early 20th century.[1]


[edit] Marriage to the Shah

Mohammad Reza Shah and SorayaThe green-eyed Soraya, an Ava Gardner lookalike, was introduced to the recently divorced Shah in Paris in 1948 by Forough Zafar Bakhtiari, a relative, when she was still a student at a Swiss finishing school.[2] Soon engaged (the Shah gave her a 22.37 carat (4.474 g) diamond engagement ring),[1] she married him at Golestan Palace in Tehran on February 12, 1951; originally, the couple had planned to wed on 27 December 1950, but the ceremony had to be postponed due to the bride being ill.[3]

Though the Shah announced that guests should donate money to a special charity for the Iranian poor, among the wedding gifts was a mink coat and a desk set with black diamonds sent by Joseph Stalin, a Steuben glass Bowl of Legends designed by Sidney Waugh and sent by U.S. President and Mrs. Truman, and silver Georgian candlesticks from King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, [4], and the 2,000 guests included Aga Khan III. The ceremony was decorated with 1.5 tons of orchids, tulips, and carnations, sent by plane from the Netherlands, and entertainment included an equestrian circus sent from Rome.[5] The bride wore a silver lamé gown studded with pearls and trimmed with marabou feathers,[6] designed for the occasion by Christian Dior. She also wore a full-length female white-mink cape.


[edit] Infertility and divorce
Though the wedding took place during a heavy snow, deemed a good omen, the imperial couple's marriage had disintegrated by early 1958 over Soraya's apparent infertility, for which she had sought treatment in Switzerland and France, and the Shah's suggestion that he take a second wife in order to produce an heir.[7] She left Iran in February and eventually went to her parents' home in Cologne, Germany, where the Shah sent his wife's uncle Senator Sardar Assad Bakhtiari in early March 1958, in a failed attempt to convince her to return to Iran.[8] On 10 March, a council of advisors met with the Shah to discuss the situation of the troubled marriage and the lack of an heir.[9] Four days later, it was announced that the imperial couple would divorce. It was, the 25-year-old queen said, "a sacrifice of my own happiness."[10] She later told reporters that her husband had no choice but to divorce her. He was very sad about it.[11]

On 21 March 1958, the Iranian New Year's Day, a weeping Shah announced his divorce to the Iranian people in a speech that was broadcast on radio and television and said that he would not remarry in haste. The headline-making divorce inspired French songwriter Françoise Mallet-Jorris to write a hit pop song, "Je veux pleurer comme Soraya" (I Want to Cry Like Soraya). The marriage was officially ended on April 6, 1958.

According to a report in The New York Times, extensive negotiations had preceded the divorce in order to convince Queen Soraya to allow her husband to take a second wife, as was allowed by his Muslim faith. The Queen, however, citing what she called her Persian principles regarding the sanctity of marriage, stated that "she could not accept the idea of sharing her husband's love with another woman."[12]

In a statement issued to the Iranian people from her parents' home in Germany, Soraya said, "Since His Imperial Majesty Riza [sic] Shah Pahlevi [sic] has deemed it necessary that a successor to the throne must be of direct descent in the male line from generation to generation to generation, I will with my deepest regret in the interest of the future of the State and of the welfare of the people in accordance with the desire of His Majesty the Emperor sacrifice my own happiness, and I will declare my consent to a separation from His Imperial Majesty."[13]

After the divorce, the Shah, who told a reporter who asked about his feelings for the former Queen that "nobody can carry a torch longer than me," indicated his interest in marrying Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy, a daughter of the deposed Italian king Umberto II. Pope John XXIII reportedly vetoed the suggestion. In an editorial about the rumors surrounding the marriage of "a Muslim sovereign and a Catholic princess", the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, considered the match "a grave danger."[14]


[edit] Career as actress and depression
Granted the style and title Her Imperial Highness the Princess Soraya of Iran, the former queen moved to France.

Princess Soraya launched a brief career as a film actress, for which she used only her first name. Initially, it was announced that she would portray Catherine the Great in a movie about the Russian empress by Dino De Laurentiis, but that project fell through.[15] Instead, she starred in the 1965 movie Les trois visages d'une femme (Three Faces of a Woman) and became the companion of its Italian director, Franco Indovina (1932-1972). After Indovina's death in a plane crash, she spent the remainder of her life unhappily, by her own admission, wandering through Europe, buying antiques and couture, appearing at social events in a desultory fashion, and generally becoming known as a serious depressive. l


[edit] Death

Grave of Soraya Esfandiary Bachtiari at Westfriedhof (Munich)Princess Soraya of Iran died of undisclosed causes in her apartment in Paris, France; she was 69. After a funeral at the American Cathedral in Paris on 6 November 2001—which was attended by Princess Ashraf Pahlavi, Prince Gholam Reza Pahlavi, the Count and Countess of Paris, the Prince and Princess of Naples, Prince Michel of Orléans, and Princess Ira von Fürstenberg—she was buried in the Westfriedhof, a cemetery in Munich, Germany, along with her parents and brother.[2] In 2002, her tomb was defaced with the words "miserable parasite," followed by the phrase "Didn't work from the ages of 25 to 60." The vandalism made headlines throughout Europe.

Upon learning of her death, her younger brother, Bijan, who died in Paris, one week after Soraya, sadly commented, "After her, I don't have anyone to talk to." Since Soraya's death, several young women have come forward claiming to be her illegitimate daughter, reportedly born in 1962, according to the Persian-language weekly Nimrooz; the claims have not been confirmed.[3]. The newspaper also published an article in 2001 which suggested, without proof, that Princess Soraya and her brother had been murdered.[4]

The former queen's belongings were sold at auction in Paris after her death, for more than $8.3 million. Her Dior wedding dress brought $1.2 million.


[edit] Memoirs
Princess Soraya wrote two memoirs. The first, published in 1964 and published in the United States by Doubleday, was Princess Soraya: Autobiography of Her Imperial Highness. A decade before her death, she and a collaborator, Louis Valentin, wrote another memoir in French, Le Palais des Solitudes, which was translated into English as Palace of Solitude (London: Quartet Books Ltd, 1992); ISBN 0-7043-7020-4.


[edit] Trivia
The French rose grower, François Meilland, bred a rose in the former queen's honor, which he called 'Empress Soraya'.[16]

A French television movie about the princess's life, "Soraya" (a.k.a. "Sad Princess") was broadcast in 2003, starring Anna Valle (Miss Italy 1995) as Soraya and Erol Sander as the shah. French actress Mathilda May appeared as the shah's sister, Princess Shams Pahlavi.


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^ Shah To Wed, Iran Hears, The New York Times, 10 October 1950, p. 12.
^ Shah To Wed, Iran Hears, The New York Times, 10 October 1950, p. 12.
^ Wedding of Shah Postponed, The New York Times, 22 December 1950, p. 10.
^ Teheran Awaits Wedding, The New York Times, 11 February 1951, p. 35
^ Iran's Shah To Wed In Splendor Today, The New York Times, 12 February 1951, p. 6.
^ Shah of Iran Wed in Palatial Rites, The New York Times, 13 February 1951, p. 14,
^ Iran Shah Divorces His Childless Queen, The New York Times, 14 March 1958, p. 2.
^ Shah's Plea to Queen Held Vain, The New York Times, 6 March 1958, p. 3.
^ Iran Decision Pending, The New York Times, 11 March 1958, p. 2.
^ Queen of Iran Accepts Divorce As Sacrifice, The New York Times, 15 March 1958, p. 4.
^ Soraya Arrives for U.S. Holiday, The New York Times, 23 April 1958, p. 35.
^ Iran Shah Divorces His Childless Queen, The New York Times, 14 March 1958, p. 2.
^ Queen of Iran Accepts Divorce As Sacrifice, The New York Times, 15 March 1958, p. 4.
^ Paul Hofmann, Pope Bans Marriage of Princess to Shah, The New York Times, 24 February 1959, p. 1.
^ Soraya Taking Screen Role, The New York Times, 8 October 1963, p. 48.
^ François Meilland, 46, The New York Times, 17 June 1958, p. 29.

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Miss Soraya Esfandiary
Her Imperial Majesty the Queen of Iran
Her Imperial Highness the Princess Soraya of Iran




Princess Ashraf Pahlavi's children from left to right: Princes Shahram and Shahriar with Princess Shahnaz daughter of the Shah and first wife, Queen Fawzia.
Source: http://www.iranian.com/Pictory/2005/March/a1.html

Princess Ashraf Pahlavi Of Iran
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Official site of H.I.H. Princess Ashraf Pahlavi wrote:
From Official site of H.I.H. Princess Ashraf Pahlavi of Iran
My twin Brother the late Shahanshah of Iran


http://saipa.us

"Three decades ago French journalists named me "La Panthère Noire" (The Black Panther) and I must admit that I rather like that name, and that, in some respects, it suits me. Like the panther, my nature is turbulent, rebellious, self-confident - Somehow like Professor Victoria Penziner explained in her research paper "She Should Have Been a Man" delivered at Chicago University. Often, it is only through strenuous efforts that I maintain my reserve and my composure in public. But in truth, I sometimes wish I were armed with the panther's claws so that I might attack the enemies of my country" - Faces in a Mirror, 1980. This Site is dedicated to the Loving Memory of my dear Son Prince Chahriar who gave his life for Iran


With my son Shahriar on a lonely beach of the Persian Gulf.
He was cowardly assassinated in Paris on December 7, 1979 by thugs of the Islamic regime.


My daughter Azadeh (left) They wave Iran's flag high
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Princess (Shahdokht) Ashraf ul-Mulk (Persian: اشرف پهلوی Ashraf Pahlavī) (born October 26, 1919), is the twin sister of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last shah of Iran and the Pahlavi Dynasty. She currently resides in Switzerland.


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Villa Dupont
How royalists seized an Iranian gunboat off Spain

By Cyrus Kadivar
October 31, 2003
The Iranian
http://www.iranian.com/CyrusKadivar/2003/October/Dupont/index.html
From behind the iron gates the house at 30 Villa Dupont has a private and secluded appearance, the kind one would expect to find in the charming 16th arrondissement of Paris. These days there are no signs of the armed policeman who used to guard it 24hours a day, nor of the Iranian exiles who used to come here to plan a counter-revolution.

Once upon a time, this three-storey house had belonged to Her Royal Highness Princess Ashraf Pahlavi, the Shah's twin sister. Situated in a cul-de-sac just off Rue Pergolese, it was a grey-white old building, almost falling apart and in need of serious renovation. Between the dark gates and the main entrance was a small paved courtyard dotted with plants and trees.

In the days after the revolution, Princess Ashraf who owned several properties in Paris, the French Riviera and New York, had left the house in the care of her precocious daughter, Princess Azadeh Shafiq. It seemed an odd place for an exiled princess to live in, but then Azadeh had preferred it that way. Being the daughter of Princess Ashraf made no difference to her life-style. Her only distraction after politics was taking care of her young son from her first husband.

Princess Azadeh had inherited her love of Iran from her adoring Egyptian father who, after his divorce from Princess Ashraf, had stayed in Tehran to raise her and her brother Shahryar. Azadeh's relationship with her dominant mother was at best a tempestuous one. She disliked her self-serving friends and even when her uncle, the Shah of Iran, was still on the Peacock Throne, she had kept her distance from many members of the Pahlavi family. At court circles poisonous tongues had falsely nicknamed her the "Red Princess" because of her reputation as a defender of the people and contempt for ostentatious displays.

While in exile, the indefatigable princess had used her meagre funds to publish Iran Azad, an anti-Khomeini newsletter run by Behrouz Souresrafil, a talented journalist. Also in her pay was the eccentric Parisian lawyer Marc Valle, a female secretary who had been employed at the Imperial Court, a French couple who cooked and cleaned the place, and an elderly Iranian husband and wife who had served in the Shah's government and who now ran errands for her, including picking up visitors from the airport or train station and dealing with the post.

Every day, a stream of visitors: politicians, ex-military officers, tribal chiefs, wealthy industrialists, students, and opposition figures descended on the house on the Villa Dupont to meet with Princess Azadeh. Most of the time they met in a large room where they sat around the dinning table, sipping coffee and talking politics. Sometimes, they slept over in one of the modestly furnished spare rooms.

Azadeh's energy, devotion to her country and boldness had won her a new title: the Jeanne d'Arc of Iran. Those who knew her well always spoke of her restless nature. She was always on the phone, switching easily from Persian to several European languages. She hardly slept, certainly not much before five. A heavy smoker with a passion for art books and opera (Carmen was her favourite) she dressed modestly and hardly wore any makeup or jewellery. Ever since her brother's murder, the pain in her face was constant and would not go away.

When the monarchy fell in Iran, Azadeh had shared her grief with her younger brother, Shahryar, when he went into exile. For several months they had lived together in their mother's house. There were several pictures of him in the living room. But the main feature was his navy officer's cap that rested on the fireplace as a memento to his extraordinary life.

Prince Shahryar had been her idol. Brave, patriotic and dashing, he had seemed the ideal person to lead a major revolt in Iran. Trained at the Royal Navy College in Dartmouth, he had served in the Imperial Iranian Navy and risen to command the Hovercraft fleet in the South. In 1971 he had played an important role in occupying three islands in the Persian Gulf.

A brilliant officer, he was loved, respected, and admired by the men who served under him. He ate, slept and worked side by side with his men, be it in the heat of the Persian Gulf or at sea. Handsome in his navy uniform he shunned any privileges of his position. His devotion to the needy inhabitants of the coastal region where he was stationed was well known.

In his private life, Shahryar was just as passionate. In his youth he had fallen hopelessly in love with Maryam Francoise Eghbal, the daughter of Manouchehr Eghbal and his French wife.

Slim, beautiful and very tall, Maryam had been educated in Switzerland. Unfortunately, her ambitious father had married her off to Prince Mahmoud Reza, one of the Shah's younger brother. Shahryar was training somewhere in the Far East when he had heard the bad news. Devastated he threw himself into his career. When Maryam finally divorced her husband, Shahryar went to her rescue. They were married and from their happy union were born two sons.

Like his sister, Shahryar soon gained the reputation as a person unaffected by and uninterested in Court life. A straight-forward military officer he lost no occasion to criticise the government's failure to handle Tehran's chaotic traffic congestion, the absurdities of certain government officials, or the incompetence of municipal bureaucracy in Bandar Abbas.

At the height of the revolution, Shahryar had gone straight to Niavaran Palace to plead with the Shah to use force against his enemies. He even volunteered to "clean up the country" but the broken emperor waved his nephew away. "Then all is lost," the prince had told his uncle.

When Khomeini took over, Shahryar was second-in-command of the Naval base at Bandar Abbas. After hiding for a month, he had somehow managed to get hold of a small pleasure boat with an engine. His escape from the clutches of the revolutionaries was short of miraculous. Accompanied by a fellow naval officer and a Korean who had been an instructor to the I.I.N. commandos, Shahryar had sailed across the Persian Gulf to Dubai before flying to Paris.

Once in France, Shahryar soon began creating a kind of resistance movement at a time when no real political opposition to Khomeini existed. He redoubled his contacts with his loyal friends inside Iran's demoralised navy and visited the dying Shah in the Bahamas to discuss his plans. He went to see Israeli Prime Minister Begin who listened to him with a degree of curiosity.

As a military man, Shahryar's goal was to create a training camp somewhere between Egypt and the Sudan, to gather the military men scattered around the globe, to recruit young patriotic Iranians who could assist him in staging a counterrevolution. The storage in Villa Dupont was filled with all types of survival equipments, army boots and combat fatigues.

On December 7th, 1979, around two o'clock in the afternoon, Shahryar was returning home from a meeting when suddenly, two men riding a motorcycle sped down the Rue Pergolese and turned sharply into Villa Dupont. As they came closer the man next to the driver pulled out a 9mm pistol and fired a bullet. The 34-year-old prince fell to the ground instantly.

An old lady who witnessed the crime from her balcony claimed that Shahryar was still alive and bleeding when the motorcycle circled the street before going in for the kill. The assassin wearing a wrap-around crash helmet fired several more shots and a final one into his victim's head to make sure he was dead before fleeing the scene.

Azadeh was still haunted by the tragedy. She had been out of the house when she heard the news about her brother. Weeping, she had immediately telephoned Princess Ashraf in New York. She blamed the French authorities. They had clearly ignored her warnings that the Iranian embassy had become a haven for terrorists. The knowledge that Shahryar had been eliminated by agents of the Islamic republic filled her with anger and she swore revenge.

After Shahryar's death, Azadeh had come to rely more than ever before on a group of active Constitutional Monarchists like herself who supported the Shah's eldest son, Reza, then based in Egypt, as their legitimate king. They called themselves, Javaan, or the Young Ones.

Javaan had gained some publicity for opposing the rule of the mullahs in Iran by taking to the streets of Paris. It had about 100 members, mostly young men and women aged between 16-30. Burning with a desire "to do something" they had a newsletter and even a logo with two Persian lions guarding a burning sun with the words Javaan written on it and a crown above it.

The group had in fact come into existence when its members had occupied the offices of Iran Air and the Maison d'Iran on the Champs-Elysees. As they grew bolder, the group had expanded their political activities to include hanging anti-Khomeini banners from the Eiffel tower and bridges and chaining themselves to the Statue de la Liberte in Paris, or protesting vigorously against the war between Iran and Iraq, among many other publicity stunts.

Sometimes these kids would march to the Trocadero singing the imperial anthem often being cheered by dissident Iranian exiles sitting in the nearby cafes. Soon the Paris Metro and other places was covered with posters and slogans in support of their young king, "Reza Shah II".

Although living in Europe, many of the people who were recruited by the Javaan Group had no experience in politics. Most were students and a few of them refugees with no proper papers, jobs or a real home. Many of them had parents living in Paris. Some had either fled the revolution or made the hard decision not to go back. Yet, they shared a common bond.

"We had very strong feelings about the horrible situation in Iran, and the young Shah," one Javaan activist recalled. "We felt that what we were doing was important for our compatriots' morale. By showing ourselves we proved that we cared about our country and were willing to fight!"

Always ready for a new adventure the Javaan Group fought running battles with suspected Khomeini sympathisers on the university campus or on the streets. In fact their fighting spirit was contagious. "We were often arrested by the French police," one of them recalled, "but we never doubted our cause. As a matter of fact, we were very well treated by the police."

As their numbers grew, these volunteers decided to get into shape by exercising in the Bois de Bologne. On weekends they visited the Flea Market looking for cheap uniforms, some dating back to World War II with bullet holes that needed sewing. Later, in order to keep their "commando" activities a secret they moved to the woods and forests in the outskirts of Paris.

They trained hard. Mr Chang, the Korean trainer of the Imperial Iranian Navy Commandos who had escaped with Prince Shahryar and later became Princess Ashraf's personal bodyguard, also volunteered to share his knowledge in martial arts with this enthusiastic group.

Later they set up a small camp in a garden belonging to a wealthy Iranian. Several tents were put up along with a flagpole. Journalists were invited to interview "Les Fideles du Shah" who expressed their wish to overthrow the mullahs and install a constitutional monarchy under Crown Prince Reza. Pictures published in Paris Match showed them wearing masks over their faces and posing in army fatigues and T-shirts with the words "Iran" written on their chests.

The spirit of camaraderie was genuine. "I truly respected and loved each one of those enthusiastic and patriotic kids," their leader recalled. "All of them were ready to give their lives for what they believed. Although we were naive and lacked experience we felt that we had a pact with each other, a beautiful feeling with lots of emotion, love of Iran and a spirit of sacrifice."

One of Princess Azadeh's key qualities was her courage and shrewd judgement in a game that was becoming increasingly dangerous. Her support for Javaan had always carried weight. In fact, on numerous occasions she had personally led from the front, standing on the Champs-Elysees with her private secretary distributing pamphlets condemning the atrocities in Iran, or even being arrested by the police alongside the Javaan demonstrators.

It is perhaps fair to say that it was Azadeh, then aged thirty, who took many of Javaan's members under her wings. In time she became the only person whom they could trust. Without her encouragement, support and inner fire, many of their operations would have come to nothing.

Each time one of these batcheha or kids landed in trouble she would send her lawyer to bail them out. Whenever a member found himself without proper shelter Princess Azadeh would offer her house as a temporary refuge until appropriate accommodation had been found for them in Paris. If they got injured she made sure they received proper medical attention.

On Fridays, when the post office was still open a group of volunteers (mostly old people who had worked in different ministries in Iran and half a dozen members of Javaan) would gather at the house on Villa Dupont. The atmosphere whilst always serious and tense was without protocol. Everybody admired the Princess. Sometimes she or her cook would prepare a meal for them which they ate sitting on the floor, surrounded by stacks of Iran Azad newspapers which they helped pack for eventual distribution among the Iranian diaspora.

By 1981 the political landscape in Paris had changed. The Bar Alexandre near the Champs-Elysees, had become a favourite haunt for a group of Iranian businessmen who spent many long lazy afternoons sunk in thick leather armchairs, listening to soft music, smoking fat cigars and sipping Chivas Regal. Many of them, successful industrialists and wealthy millionaires, dreamed of regaining their lost power and prestige. Mostly they talked about staging a counter-revolution and depending on their sympathies argued over which group to fund.

The trouble with the Iranian opposition was that it had splintered into several groups gathered around various symbolic leaders, each with differing and competing agendas. They included Shapour Bakhtiar, the Shah's last prime minister, and two ex-generals under the ancien regime: Gholam Ali Oveissi and Bahram Aryana. Each of these gentlemen had set up an office, complete with their own staff, political newspapers and clandestine radio stations.

Azadeh's relations with the Iranian opposition leaders was mostly tenuous and at arms-length. The ambitious and headstrong Dr Bakhtiar refused to meet with her on the grounds that she was Princess Ashraf's daughter and it was no secret that they hated each other. Her views about General Oveissi, a tough loyalist who had failed to persuade the Shah to crush the revolution, was equally dismissive. She was unimpressed by his entourage and thought he lacked what it took to make things happen and was hurt by his refusal to attend her uncle's funeral in Cairo. On the other hand dealings with General Aryana was more promising.

At 74, Aryana was something of an old warhorse. Educated at St. Cyr the General had been living in Paris since the 1970s when the late Shah dismissed him for advocating the invasion of Iraq. Before and after the revolution he was often sighted at the galleries in the Champs-Elysees, his hands behind his back, and his famous tuff of hair blowing in the wind. An ardent nationalist he spoke of the glories of Iran and saw himself as a Persian Napoleon.

The General had hinted to the Princess that he intended to raise an army of volunteers on the Turkish-Iranian border near lake Van. Already some of her friends were spending time at his sinister apartment on Avenue Foch that doubled up as the headquarters of the Azadegan, a right-wing organisation comprising of ex-military officers who had fled the revolution. Like the White Russians they too believed that not all was lost and that soon they would be triumphant. Many hoped that the Islamic republic would not last more than a year or two.

Then one day news reached Aryana that the French government was about to hand over three of the five gunboats that had been ordered during the final years of the Shah's rule to the Islamic republic of Iran. Originally destined for the I.I.N., the Khanjar, Neyzeh and Tabarzin were now needed by the Khomeini regime which was engaged in a bloody war with Iraq.

By a stroke of luck the captain sent from Iran to Cherbourg to bring back the boats was a loyal monarchist. Not only that he had plans to defect, as did two of his mates. He had therefore contacted one of his relatives, a member of the Azadegan organisation, and offered to help.

Koroush, Aryana's son, was instructed to approach the captain through mutual friends and arrange a meeting. As the captain did not know Koroush he refused. Finally, after several more overtures, he agreed to talk with the General himself. It was vital that the meeting be kept a secret.

At the meeting General Aryana had put on a convincing show. In his usual bombastic way he told the impressionable captain that he had been chosen by Reza Pahlavi as the commander of all the Iranian forces in exile. He insisted that this was in accordance to the late Shah's will. It was therefore his patriotic duty to collaborate with the "Freedom Forces" under his command.

Once the captain had agreed to cooperate the General ordered him back to Cherbourg. His mission was to make a feasibility study and come up with a plan of action. From now on Koroush Aryana would be in touch with him as he gathered key information. It was vital that the captain obtain maps, navigational charts, and anything useful about the gunboats and their crew.

Several months later the captain returned to Paris and presented his plan to Aryana's team. The idea he had developed was simple: seize the Tabarzin off the Spanish coast and rename it "Iran Azad" or Free Iran. There was never any suggestion of hijacking the gunboat in Cherbourg nor holding on to it for more than a few days. It would be purely a symbolic act.

It seems that only after the plan had been approved did Koroush Aryana contact Kamal Habibollahi inviting him to take part in this daring undertaking. Since fleeing Iran in 1979, the 52-year-old Habibollahi had been living in the United States with his wife who taught ballet. As the last chief of the Imperial Iranian Navy, he seemed to be the ideal person to lead a team of commandos in a bid to capture the Tabarzin. Besides his title of "Admiral" sounded good and undoubtedly fitted well with General Aryana's plans to recruit other officers to his cause.

In Paris, Habibollahi was offered an impressive incentive package and briefed on his specific duties. He was to proceed to Madrid and then to the port of Cadiz where the Tabarzin was due to dock around the 13th August. The captain would keep him informed of the gunboat's movements. At the right moment he would send a signal to start the operation.

Throughout the planning stages, the entire operation remained a guarded secret among the key players. Princess Azadeh was in Egypt to attend the first anniversary of the late Shah's passing away and had no clue of what was being done in her absence. What she did know was that a team of young commandos, mostly recruited from the Javaan Group, were being prepared for a secret mission.

On the night of 1st and 2nd of August 1981 the three gunboats Tabarzin, Khanjar and Neyzeh, left Cherbourg. During this period, Habibollahi and his team left for the Spanish seaport of Cadiz, travelling by train and car from Paris. Meanwhile, General Aryana headed for Turkey.

The "team" heading for Southern Spain consisted of 20 commandos: eighteen members of Javaan which included a resourceful Iranian girl known as Mitra, and two members of Azadegan, among them General Aryana's son, Vishtasp. It is important to stress here that none of the commandos (the word is a misnomer as they had received no real training in the military sense of the word) were aware of the adventure awaiting them until they had reached their final rendezvous point. None of them could have imagined that they were being used as pawns by General Aryana and his son to promote their cause. In time, Bakhtiar also entered the picture with the intention of capitalising on the publicity they hoped to get.

When Habibollahi and his team arrived in Cadiz they must have been taken by the crowded streets and South American type bars leading to their hotel. The seaport's unusual position, stuck out in the Atlantic Ocean at the head of an isthmus, helps create a sense of carefree isolation. Los gaditanos as the locals are known, seem to spend virtually their whole lives outdoors, especially in summer when they pour en masse on to the city's beaches.

It was only after they had all settled down at an undisclosed hotel that Habibollahi finally unveiled the true nature of the operation that was to be launched. Everyone listened in silence, unable to believe their ears. It all sounded like a B-rated movie. Few were aware of the dangers facing them.

For the next few days as the Tabarzin and the two other gunboats sailed towards Cadiz, the team busied themselves getting acquainted with each other and the town. Koroush Aryana flew in to deal with a few details. One group purchased some khaki uniforms and stun guns while another went bar hopping as tourists. A third group posing as student oceanographers hired a fishing boat called the Salazon and made a few trips to get used to the sea.

The Tabarzin arrived in Cadiz on 7th August along with the two other gunboats and remained there for seven days. It left the port on 13th August. That same morning, at about eight o'clock, Habibollahi and his team left their hotel as planned and boarded the Salazon.

The skipper of the fishing boat was glad to see them. His passengers all seemed like a jolly lot. As they explored the bay, once home to pirates and buccaneers, someone opened a bottle of cognac that did the rounds. It was good for the nerves, one of the students insisted.

An hour later, the skipper was completely drunk when he abandoned the helm to his passengers. As no one had any experience in sailing, Habibollahi took the wheel. That day the sea was a little rougher than the previous days and many of the so-called students got sick.

It was midday when the Salazon finally made contact with the gunboat. The captain of the Tabarzin now played his part. He ordered the motor engineer to slow down, letting the fishing boat get closer, and distancing it from the other two gunboats, by faking engine trouble.

As they got closer, Habibollahi signalled to his men to get ready. From their little bags they removed their khaki uniforms and put them on so that they could pose as Spanish Customs officers.

By the time the drunken skipper of the Salazon had realised what was going on it was too late. Smashing his radio the commandos promised not to hurt him, insisting that they were simply Iranians boarding a ship that belonged to Iranians. To shut him up they gave him a fistful of dollars.

Once on board the Tabarzin, Habibollahi and his team went into action. Pulling out their fake weapons they forced a few of the crew to lie down on the deck with their hands behind their heads. Then they demanded the keys to the ammunition room. Naturally, the captain did not resist.

Armed with enough real weapons, the young commandos quickly overpowered the 30-strong unarmed crew who were directed below deck and held captive in their sleeping quarters. Later, Admiral Habibollahi made a speech to his prisoners, introducing his team as part of General Aryana's Liberation Army. He promised not to shoot them if they behaved.

So far, the operation had gone well. The only notable thing that happened after seizing the gunboat was that the Tabarzin was intercepted by two Spanish coast guard helicopters. Realising the gravity of the situation, Habibollahi made it clear to the Spaniards that they were now in international waters and that Spain had no right to stop them. Over the radio he announced that from now on the Tabarzin was to be considered as part of Iran and its crew her nationals. Inexplicably, the helicopters circled a few times then turned away and never came back.

Now that the gunboat had changed hands the new masters of the Tabarzin needed to make one more symbolic act. They pulled down the flag of the Islamic republic and raised the pre-revolutionary one with its fierce lion and sun emblem. It would be another day before news that an Iranian gunboat had been "hijacked" was reported by every international news agency.

Princess Azadeh was in Cairo when she heard the Tabarzin news. It came as a complete surprise. Immediately she contacted Aryana who informed her that this was the beginning of something big. Azadeh later flew to see the General at his make shift headquarters in Turkey.

When she discovered that the people who had taken over the Tabarzin were members of Javaan she could not hide her excitement. But gradually she realised that their lives were in danger. What if the gunboat ran into trouble? What if someone drowned? There were so many questions. From then on she could only pray that the whole thing would end peacefully and quickly.

As the world awoke to what had happened, the Azadegan organisation immediately claimed responsibility. In an improvised press conference at Aryana's apartment a so-called military spokesman declared the capture of the Tabarzin by "patriotic forces". He went on to say that the objectives of Azadegan was "to overthrow the mullahs in Iran" and claimed that 1,400 crack partisans were preparing to go into action from their Turkish bases.

General Aryana also issued a statement saluting Admiral Habibollahi and his "brave" commandos. Bakhtiar quickly threw his weight behind Aryana to project a united front in their campaign to free Iran.

The fact that the majority of those on board the Tabarzin were staunch monarchists was deliberately downplayed by Azadegan and would become a sore point between the opposition. In fact each time press helicopters flew over the gunboat the commandos would make V-signs and shout: "Vive Le Roi!" Others held photos of Reza Pahlavi. One of them wearing dark glasses and a cap brandished a pistol and a sub-machine gun in defiant pose >>> See photos

In Tehran the revolutionary authorities were forced to admit that one of their gunboats had been hijacked by pirates and gone missing. Later they accused the Spanish government of not interceding and threatened diplomatic reprisals. By then the Tabarzin was sailing towards Morocco. Despite Habibollahi's symbolic role the true hero was really the captain who now had to sail the gunboat with an even larger crew, most of them young and inexperienced.

On 15th August, following a harrowing journey through stormy weather, the Tabarzin docked at Casablanca. It appears that at this stage the captain and the kids on board had hoped that Reza Pahlavi whom they called Reza Shah II would agree to join them. Habibollahi felt that this went against Aryana's plan yet he did not oppose the idea altogether. When he went on shore he was surprised to find himself under arrest on orders of the Moroccan king.

Reza Pahlavi was in Egypt when he received a call from King Hassan who promptly informed the young shah about the Tabarzin saying that it had been taken over by his supporters. King Hassan had detained its crew and wanted to know what should be done with them.

Clearly, the young shah needed time to think. He promised to give his answer shortly. Almost at once, Reza Pahlavi consulted with President Sadat who politely refused to get involved. At this point King Hassan sent his private plane to pick up Reza Pahlavi and bring him to Rabat where an emergency meeting had been called.

After much discussion with King Hassan and senior members of the Moroccan government, Reza Pahlavi made it clear that whilst he understood the "patriotic" motives of the so-called "hijackers" he could not condone an act that by international standards was "illegal".

Eventually a deal was struck by all parties whereby the Tabarzin would be allowed to refuel and leave Morocco for Toulon where it would be handed to the French navy with a promise that the crew would be fairly treated.

By now the story had become as good as a summer thriller. The press was clearly sympathetic to the motives of the young monarchists on board. Meanwhile, in Iran, repression reached a new high with hundreds of political executions announced by the revolutionaries.

Khomeini's regime was now openly denounced as "barbaric" by various opposition leaders. Aryana, Bakhtiar, Amini, Madani and Oveissi joined the chorus against the mullahs, each claiming that they had the support of the Iranian people and exaggerating their forces. The French government announced that it was ready to grant political asylum to the "hijackers" and "safe conduct" if they agreed to surrender the Tabarzin without any surprises. They also confirmed that their action was of a military nature and not an act of terrorism.

One week after its dramatic capture the Tabarzin was escorted by French naval units to Toulon as tourists sun bathed on the beach and waved at the boats. Rumours that the commandos were planning to blow up the gunboat proved baseless.

The end came on 19th August at Toulon where Habibollahi and his accomplices sent word that they were prepared to turn themselves in. A brief ceremony was held on deck. The commandos stood in line as the captain and Habibollahi thanked them for their bravery and professionalism. After singing the national anthem a sailor lowered the flag. It was an emotional scene with many tearful eyes. As a mark of respect the French marines lowered their heads.

Princess Azadeh was in Paris when she learned that the Tabarzin had reached French waters. She was furious with Azadegan for having endangered the lives of several young kids. A well-placed source had told her about the lack of preparation and consideration shown to them. The whole operation had been a temporary show so that General Aryana could raise funds from Bakhtiar who in turn could claim that he had a military wing capable of action.

Nonetheless she was proud of the kids and in order to show her support she flew to Toulon to greet them. Outside Toulon Prison she found a large crowd made of over a hundred Iranian exiles who had spent the day calling for their release. One of the protestors told her that the Tabarzin crew had already been transferred to Marseilles and Paris by bus.

Two days later, Habibollahi gave his final "symbolic" performance at the headquarters of Azadegan on Avenue Foch. Dressed in an elegant suit and looking very handsome, the former admiral faced an array of reporters and cameramen. He explained that the Tabarzin Affair had been an extraordinary platform for his organisation and that it had served to show that millions of Iranians were prepared to denounce the crimes committed by the mullahs.

"I believe that our mission was a success," Habibollahi declared. During the televised interview someone asked him if he agreed with Tehran's recent accusation that he was a "pirate". Smiling besides an Iranian flag and Azadegan's eagle-shaped logo, Habibollahi made everyone laugh when he replied: "Ladies and Gentlemen, I ask you, do I look like a pirate or Khomeini?"

In a parting statement, the former commander of the late Shah's navy, announced: "Our goal is to unite all Iranians in order to win back our country. Most of us are monarchists by tradition, but we also have republicans in our midst. Of course, it is the people who will decide which to choose. As for me, I can receive political asylum in France, but I will soon be leaving for other missions."

In the days that followed the story of the Tabarzin was transformed into a legend. Many of the young lads who had played a vital role grew disillusioned when they discovered that they had been exploited. After the initial euphoria that had accompanied their return to shore many had to face the real world again. Since the Javaan group no longer existed a few of its members joined Aryana in Turkey but not for long. They returned completely embittered even complaining that the Liberation Army was all a bluff and that their lives had been ruined.

Azadeh tried very hard to help them find a roof over their heads, visas and jobs. Her house was always open to these kids who continued to seek her out despite their everyday problems. They had to work and make a living. The little money they got from General Aryana ran out.

For some of them who didn't speak French life was tough. Some found jobs as drivers and security officers. A few were involved in shady activities and ran into trouble. The others left France for the United States and other countries where they had friends or families. One or two returned to Iran as did the Tabarzin that continues to be part of the Iranian navy. As for the captain, the unsung hero of the operation, he never forgave those who had deceived him.

For those closely connected to the Tabarzin Affair the entire episode left them with a bitter feeling that their patriotism had been abused by a group of elderly generals and politicians who thought only of self-aggrandisement. Aryana's liberation armies soon evaporated and the General spent the remaining days of his life a broken man living in a fantasy world of his own creation.

In later years General Oveissi and Dr Bakhtiar would be brutally assasinated in Paris by agents sent from Tehran thus dealing a mortal blow to the exiled opposition groups. Habibollahi returned to the USA, teaching and researching at the War Institute and helping his wife run her ballet school.

One of the last bold acts of the disbanded Javaan group was blowing up the house used by Ayatollah Khomeini during his exile in Neuphle-le-Chateau and hanging his effigy from an apple tree.

Disenchanted by the "games" being played behind her back Princess Azadeh cut off all relations with the Azadegan organisation, ceased all political activity and shut down Iran Azad.

For a while Azadeh devoted her time to humanitarian work, primarily assisting Iranian refugees in Turkey. After her second marriage to a former Iranian officer few ever heard of the Princess again. The domicile at 30 Villa Dupont was eventually sold for a reasonable sum of money


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PostPosted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:00 pm    Post subject: Sattar - Shahbanou - Mother´s Day Reply with quote

Sattar - Shahbanou - Mother´s Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBvGGHnPPPc

Princess Leila Pahlavi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APx105iSbz0

Coronation of Pahlavi in Oktober 1967 in Tehran Iran
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the coronation ceremonie of his imperial majesty homayoun mohammad reza pahlavi shah an shah of iran and her imperial majesty farah pahlavi the shahbanou in tehran´s golestan palace in 1967


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PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 1:23 pm    Post subject: Prince Ali Reza Pahlavi and fiancé Sarah Tabatabai. Reply with quote



http://www.farahpahlavi.org/alireza.html
Ali-Reza Pahlavi:

Born: April 28 1966

Place of Birth: Tehran

Primary School: 1970 — 1974 Lycée Razi, Tehran

Primary School: 1974 — 1979 Niavaran Palace School, Tehran

Secondary School: 1979 — 1980 St. David’s School New York City

High School: 1980 — 1981 American College Cairo, Egypt

High School: 1981—1984 Mt. Greylock Regional High School, Williamstown Massachusetts

Under Graduate: 1984 — 1988 Princeton University B.A. (Music/Ethnomusicology)

Graduate School: 1988—1992, Columbia University M.A. (Ancient Iranian Studies)

Post Graduate: Harvard University (ancient Iranian Studies! Philology)

Hobbies: Sky Diving, Scuba Diving, Reading, Flying.

E-mail: None for the time being.




Prince Ali Reza Pahlavi and fiancé Sarah Tabatabai.

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 2:25 pm    Post subject: Farahnaz Pahlavi Reply with quote

Farahnaz Pahlavi



Princess Farahnaz (center) is seen with:
Princess Leila and Prince Ali-Reza Pahlavi
to her right are Reza Pahlavi II and his wife Yasmine

http://www.farahpahlavi.org/farahnazp.html

Farahnaz Pahlavi:

Date of Birth: March 12, 1963 Place of Birth: Tehran

Primary School: 1970-1978 Niavaran Special School Teheran,

High School: 10 September, 1979 - 30 May, 1980, Ether Walker School Simsbury, CT, US

High School: 1980-1981 Cairo American College, Cairo, Egypt. Under Graduate: 1982-1984 Bennington College, Vermont, US

Under Graduate: 1984-1986 Columbia University, NY (BA in Social Studies)

Graduate: 1988-1990 Columbia University, NY (major in child Psychology school of social works.

Extra curriculum activity: works in the hospital caring to sick children and senior citizens.

Hobby: Reading books
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