Shah's Departure Hailed In Message by Ayatollah; Ayatollah Calls for Unity Return to Iran Not Specified

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leading religious opponent of the Shah of Iran, sent congratulations to the Iranian people today on having forcing the Shah to leave the country and called his departure "the first step" toward ending the 57-year reign of the Pahlevi dynasty.

Source: New York Times

Bankers Say Shah's Fortune Is Well Above a Billion; State and Royal Funds Blurred Current Holdings Are Detailed 'What Is Money'

Mohammad Riza Pahlevi may be losing a kingdom in Iran, but the pain of his exile, if and when it comes, will be considerably eased by one of the largest private fortunes in the world.

Source: New York Times

Text of a statment by Mohammad Riza Pahlevi

I am going on vacation because I am feeling tired. First I will go to Aswan, Eqypt. With the vote of confidence, given in Parliament today, I hope the Government will be able to make amends for the past and also succeed in laying the foundation for the future. This work needs a long period of cooperation and patriotism in its utmost meaning.

Our economy must start rolling again. We must have better planning for the future. I have no other words to say but: preservation of the system and performamce of duties based on patriotism.

Source: New York Times

Police on Guard as Iran's Empress Dines At Waldorf While 200 Denounce the Shah

Several hundred police officers ringed the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel last night as Empress Farah Pavlevi of Iran attended a dinner party inside and 200 demonstrators outside, across Park Avenue, shouted: "Shah is a fascist butcher, down with the Shah!"

Source: New York Times

Iran Faces Major Economic Difficulties

On Aug. 3, 1974, at a meeting in Ramsar, a town on the Caspian Sea, Shah Mohammed Riza Pahlevi, in a typically extravagant gesture, doubled the targets for Iran's new five-year economic development plan with a stroke of his pen.

Source: New York Times
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