Television viewers in Tehran were startled last week to find the image of Reza Pahlavi, 25, the son of the deposed Shah of Iran, speaking defiantly from their sets. "I will return," Pahlavi told Iranians. "Together we will pave the way for the nation's happiness and prosperity through freedom."
According to ABC News, the illicit broadcast was the work of an underground group called the Flag of Freedom. After videotaping Pahlavi in exile, the outfit apparently smuggled the tape and a transmitter into Iran, then overrode normal broadcast signals. Since the death of the Shah in 1980, Pahlavi has asserted his...
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