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What the U.S. Needs to Know About Iran

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 September 2018

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The recent uprisings in Iran took the world in general and the United States in particular completely by surprise. Indeed, the shah himself and his government were caught off guard. He had stated repeatedly in his frequent interviews with foreign reporters that there was a close bond between him and the people of Iran, that he was like a father to them, and that he loved them and they loved him.

If he actually believed this, then he must have been shocked to witness a grass roots revolt, the like of which had not been seen in the history of Iran.

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Copyright © Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs 1979

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