This criticism is ridiculous. The twenty-five hundreth anniversary celebration cost me less than the inauguration of each new president of the United States.
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As quoted in Gérard de Villiers (1975), The Imperial Shah: An Informal Biography, page 284
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The twenty-five hundreth anniversary celebrations of Persian monarchy, taking place on October 12–16, 1971, were estimated to cost 100 million dollars.Muhammad Reza Pahlavi
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