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To be first in the Middle East is not enough. We must raise ourselves to the level of a great world power.
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As quoted in Asadollah Alam (1991), The Shah and I: The Confidential Diary of Iran's Royal Court, 1968-77, page 360

 

Muhammad Reza Pahlavi

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