Shah of Iran

On the Brink

February 3, 2026

On the Brink by An Iranian Educator I’ve been on the edge of a sword all my life. When I was an adolescent in the late nineteen seventies, sadistic agents from SAVAK, the dreaded secret police of the Shah of Iran, stormed into our home, clubbed my father, cursed my mother, and threatened my brother…

Saving Iran

January 16, 2026

Saving Iran by Reza Pahlavi In the Oval Office, after greeting each other cordially, President Trump and I sat down and he pointed at a stack of papers on his desk and said, “Look at all those articles and intelligence reports about you.” “I hope you enjoyed reading them, Mr. President.” He smiled. “I’ve talked…

Shah of Iran Comments on the Nuclear Nation

June 25, 2007

Why would I be bitter the Americans deserted me?  I suppose they felt I hadn’t done enough.  During World War II, after the British forced my anachronistic father to leave the throne and installed me, I opened a vital Persian Corridor for Anglo-American supplies Russia used to defeat the Nazis.  In the 1950’s I again…