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Point of No Return   

JL;DR SUMMARY Amidst the political turmoil and escalating protests in Iran under the ayatollah regime, there is renewed focus on Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, heir to Iran's pre-revolutionary throne. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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IranExileMiddle East PoliticsCairoIranian ProtestsPolitical TurmoilReza PahlaviPahlavi DynastyAyatollah RegimeRoyalty

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Tehran, Iran
"It's October 26, 1967, and Reza Pahlavi, the seven-year-old crown prince of Iran, moves down the red carpet in Tehrans Golestan Palace with a solemnity that feels borrowed from someone much older."
Cairo, Egypt
"Fast-forward to October 31, 1980. The room in Cairos Koubbeh Palace is splendorous, but in a quieter way that only exile can produce."
United States
"Only months earlier, he had been a student pilot in the United States, while his country unraveled thousands of miles away."

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