1.0 link 72198 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sam-sedaei/deja-vu-on-the-wrong-side_b_72198.html There is an infamous story among Iran historians. A few months before the late Shah Pahlavi was overthrown by a massive revolution in 1979 that ended 2,500 years of Persian monarchy, Jimmy Carter visited the Shah in one of his major kaakhs (mansions) in Tehran. Impressed by the glamorous black-tie dinner party, fabulous food and exotic music, Carter raised his glass following dinner and emotionally expressed gratitude for the Shah's hospitality and thanked him for turning the Middle East into...

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