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unusual facts about Shah of Iran



Alexander II of Kakheti

Although Alexander was initially a vassal, at least nominally, of the Saffavids, he repudiated his allegiance to the Shah of Iran and accepted the Ottoman suzerainty when the latter empire gained the upper hand in 1578.

Benno Ohnesorg

On June 2, 1967, Ohnesorg participated in a protest held near the Deutsche Oper, aimed against the state visit of the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was attending a performance of Mozart's The Magic Flute at the Deutsche Oper that night.

Bertel Bruun

In 1978 he was in Tehran when the Shah of Iran was overthrown, leaving the country shortly before the Shah's downfall in an armored personnel carrier.

Carrier Air Wing Eleven

The 1972-1973 deployment was high lighted by an air power demonstration for the Shah of Iran and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff while deployed to the Indian Ocean.

Continental Mark II

Famous owners included Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, the Shah of Iran, and a cross section of the richest men in America.

Diasamidze

In 1553, the shah of Iran, Tahmasp I, retaliated with the crackdown on the family, deporting several of its members to Iran.

Heinrich Albertz

Nevertheless he was forced to resign one year later after an investigation into the police's role in the killing of Benno Ohnesorg, a 28 year-old German literature student at a protest against the Shah of Iran, an incident that became a turning point in the devolution of the German student movement.

Javad Shahrestani

Born in Mashad, he first became the mayor of Tehran in 1968 and served until 1969, when he was appointed to cabinet by the Shah of Iran, he was replaced by Gholamreza Nikpey.

Khosrow Golsorkhi

Famous for his leftist and revolutionary poetry, Golsorkhi was convicted along with his friend, Keramat Daneshian, a director, of plotting to kidnap the Shah of Iran's son.

Neelo

During Nawab of Kalabagh's rule in 1965, she was called in for a live dance performance in front of the Shah of Iran who paid an official visit to Pakistan, but she refused to comply with the conditions.

NorthWind II

Her interior was decorated by Maison Jansen, the renowned French design firm whose clients included the John F. Kennedy White House, Coco Chanel, the Rockefellers, King Leopold II of Belgium, and the Shah of Iran.

William Franklin Draper

Returning to painting, he became a well-known American artist, with subjects ranging from John F. Kennedy (painted in 1962), Richard M. Nixon, (1981), the Shah of Iran (painted in 1967), James Michener (1979), Henry Kaiser, and Dr. Richard E. Winter (1992).


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Givi Javakhishvili

He also hosted high profile foreign guests in Tbilisi, such as Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Queen of Denmark Margrethe II, French President Georges Pompidou, Shah of Iran Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, Cuban leader Fidel Castro and many other prominent figures of the 20th Century.

Princess Fawzia of Egypt

Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt (1921-2013), daughter of King Fuad I of Egypt, and first wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran

Project Dark Gene

Special equipment was provided by Rockwell International and funding was largely provided by the Shah of Iran.