Lawmakers are warning that one province will run out within three months, and the shortage is inflaming tensions with the country’s neighbors.
Tag: Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza
Ardeshir Zahedi, Irrepressible Iranian Diplomat, Dies at 93
While he enabled business deals worth billions of dollars, he also hosted lavish parties, led conga lines through his embassy and dated Elizabeth Taylor.
How a Chase Bank Chairman Helped the Deposed Shah of Iran Enter the U.S.
The fateful decision in 1979 to admit Mohammed Reza Pahlavi prompted the seizure of the American Embassy in Tehran and helped doom the Carter presidency.
Iran Dispatch: The Iran Revolution at 40: From Theocracy to ‘Normality’
The country has changed enormously, as a growing middle class has quietly and successfully rebelled against the rigid ideology of the early years of the revolution.