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The US propped up the Shah’s dictatorship to the bitter end

Scott Anderson’s new book, King of Kings, takes its title from the English translation of “Shahanshah,” the official ...
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'King of Kings': The rise and fall of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

Rare is the nonfiction work that can be described as gripping, but King of Kings by Scott Anderson, more than 400 pages though it is, earns the accolade. Of course, it is not practicable to stay glued ...
Al-Monitor

Son of Iran shah warns against Khamenei 'lifeline' at 'Berlin Wall moment'

Reza Pahlavi said that the Islamic republic had 'time and time again' been 'deceitful' in negotiations — JOEL SAGET Europe and the United States should not give a lifeline to the Iranian leadership ...
The New Yorker

The Iranian Revolution Almost Didn’t Happen

Strange to think, but there was a time when the United States’ most steadfast ally in the Middle East was Iran. In 1953, the C.I.A. had backed a coup that ousted Mohammad Mossadegh, the popular Prime ...
Dallas Morning News

Timeline: The complex history of U.S.-Iran relations

Demonstrators carry signs and wave the Iranian flag as they rally outside the White House on June 22, 2025, to protest the U.S. military strike on three sites in Iran early Sunday. Jose Luis Magana / ...