Other pictures of the Shah

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During the 1970s, oil-exporting countries such as homeland exercised much world power. It was also the strongest military country in the Middle East. However, the Shah was an autocratic ruler who saw his popularity decreasing, especially among the conservative Muslims who were followers of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

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