250,000 Americans welcome Iran and the Shah and Wife to the United States.
1962 visit to the U.S. (from left): Mrs. Jackie Kennedy, Mohammad Reza Shah and Farah Pahlavi, President John F. Kennedy.
The Nixon Administration was the strongest ally the Shah had. Nixon urged officials to give the Shah "Whatever he wanted", and consistently backed the Shah's fight against Islamic Fundamentalism and Communist terrorists.
Queen Farah Pahlavi visits the Carters
Mohammad Reza Shah (second left) meeting with U.S. President Jimmy Carter (second right) in Tehran. (December 31 1977 or January 1, 1978). The Iranian side also included Ardeshir Zahedi (first left) who was Iran's ambassador to Washington at the time. The U.S. delegation included National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski (first right), Secretary of State Cyrus Vance (third right), and U.S. Ambassador to Tehran William Sullivan (fourth right). This is the administration that will ultimately recommend the backing of Khoemini and would pull the carpet under from under the Shah's feet.