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Days before the 19 August 1953 coup on 16 August, the Shah, accompanied by his second wife Sorayya Esfandiary Bakhtiari and Aboul Fath Atabay, escaped from Iran to Iraq and then to Italy by a plane aviated by Khatami.
Akbar Abdi Aghabagher (1939–2026) was one of Iran’s most celebrated actors and comedians, earning widespread …