Help Iranian People Change Government, Shah's Son Urges
Saturday, July 12th, 2008 - Globe & Mail
TORONTO -- The son of the deposed Shah of Iran warned that Western diplomacy or military intervention will not ease the tensions in Iran, and said there is a small window of time to empower the country's citizens to rise up against the government. In Toronto yesterday to speak at a conference sponsored by the non-profit Iran Future Association, Reza Pahlavi said in an interview with The Globe and Mail the West needs to provide the Iranian people, whom he describes as "hostages" under the current regime, with moral support, communications assistance and a bit of financial help. "You have ...
Iranian Crown Prince Brought a Taste of Royalty to Lubbock
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 - The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Once upon a time. Wait a minute. That's no way to start a news story. Except, perhaps, in the case of this story, which is the tale of a West Texas city and its all-too-brief brush with royalty. In the summer of 1978, before the words "political unrest" and "Iran" regularly occupied the same sentence, Reese Air Force Base officials learned a special pilot was about to join the ranks of military trainees. Reza Pahlavi, eldest son of the Shah of Iran, already was an accomplished pilot when he arrived at Reese. According to news accounts, Pahlavi recorded his first solo flight at age ...
Not in Our Name
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007 - Newsweek International
Since the hostage crisis of 1979, a state of undeclared war between Iran and the United States-begun by the mullahs-has become ever more bitter and intense. Militant anti Americanism has become the central core of Tehran’s foreign policy, as its rulers have opposed the interests of Washington and its allies everywhere-most notably in the Muslim world. The result of almost three decades of hostility, exacerbated by Iran’s nuclear ambitions and its agitation in places like Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine and Afghanistan is that conflict in the region seems possible once more. Should war break ou...