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Police opened fire killing some
Shah's regime came crashing down in thirteen months
Shah had attacked from a position of apparent strength
Iran was an "island of stability" in a troublesome region
Ruhollah Khomeini needled Shah incessantly
Liberals sought rights Communists sought revolution and clerics wanted a restoration of their power
President Richard Nixon gave Shah carte blanche to buy any arms he desired short of nuclear bombs in 1972
Planes dropped 17532 roses one for each glorious day of Shah's life
Shah was one of world's wealthiest men due to oil
Iran's secret police force SAVAK known for its use of torture had effectively cleared the country of the most vocal dissidents
Khomeini's followers were dumbfounded by the publication of "The Wine of Love" a collection of his mystical poems after his death
Iran's leading afternoon newspaper Etalaat struck back with an accusatory editorial prepared by the government and likely at Shah's behest
Empress Farah processed in a bejewelled mink-edged Christian Dior cloak that took eight attendants to carry
Iran's display of floral ballistics hinted at another beneficiary of its oil revenues the military
Louis-Napoleon Geoffroy wrote a book imagining a world in which Napoleon's Russian invasion hadn't failed after his defeat
President Jimmy Carter made a toast at a New Year's Eve celebration in Tehran in 1977
Royal couple waved stiffly to crowds from a horse-drawn gilded carriage crafted in Vienna by one of Europe's last remaining coach-makers
No figure held so much power as Napoleon Bonaparte in early nineteenth century
Reporter Scott Anderson discusses Etalaat's editorial in a chapter titled "The Butterfly Effect" in the book "King of Kings" (Doubleday)
Shah abolished Iran's two permitted political parties and established a single one in their place which every adult was required to join in 1975