Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980)
Let me tell you quite bluntly that this king business has given me personally nothing but headaches. Mohammed Reza Pahlavi»
My advisers built a wall between myself and my people. I didn't realize what was happening. When I woke up, I had lost my people. Mohammed Reza Pahlavi»
My main mistake was to have made an ancient people advance by forced marches toward independence, health, culture, affluence, comfort. Mohammed Reza Pahlavi»