The Press: Tough Questions, Please

The newsmen had finished their polite, respectful questions, and with punctilious protocol one of the visiting Shah's aides closed the press conference at the Iranian ambassador's house in London: "Thank you very much, Your Majesty."

Then Shah Mohammed Riza Pahlevi of Iran raised his hand. "Just a minute," he said. "You have been very friendly today. But I have had occasion to read in foreign newspapers, including British papers, articles we consider as not reflecting the truth. If any one of you would like to ask questions that would reflect what I would name—ah—funny ideas about things, I would be glad in...

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