shah
Example Sentences
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We then allowed the shah to assume absolute control.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
According to his official website, Khamenei first met the founder of the republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, decades before the 1979 Islamic revolution that toppled US-backed shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
The shah wanted to police the waterway to prove his bona fides to the West.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Pious Muslims came in the 1920s, leaving Iran as the shah secularized the nation, including banning the headscarf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
After I finished voting, I returned to my car and got stuck at a red light next to a rowdy group of Iranian protesters and shah supporters.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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