Posted on 11/16/2003 10:26:10 AM PST by Pan_Yans Wife
Reza Pahlavi Uses Stamford Visit to Push Democracy For Iran
September 10, 2003 The Advocate Mark Ginocchio
STAMFORD -- For a crown prince, there was something familiar and comfortable about Stamford for Reza Pahlavi.
"While driving on (Interstate) 95, I started thinking about how my mother used to live in Greenwich, and I, myself lived in Fairfield in 1984 before I relocated to Washington (D.C.)," he said.
Pahlavi, son of the late Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Shah, and heir to the ousted Peacock Throne, has been fighting against Iran's ayatollahs since his own exile in 1979.
Last night, at the University of Connecticut's Stamford campus, Pahlavi spoke of his ultimate goal -- creation of a democracy in Iran.
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