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In 1967, Rootes began exporting Hillman Hunters to Iran Khodro in “complete knock down” (CKD) kit form, for assembly in Iran. By the mid-1970s, full-scale manufacturing of the car (minus the engine) had started in Iran.
The death of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, on August 25, 1970, …