“If only I had a thousand rifles of the same calibre!”
Muhammad Reza Pahlavi (1961) Mission for my Country, London, page 41
Prior to his seizure of power, Persia's stocks of firearms were unstandardized and unreliable
Reza Xá Pahlavi , posteriormente conhecido como Reza Xá, o Grande foi xá do Irã de 1925 a 1941. Primeiro monarca da dinastia Pahlavi, é considerado o responsável por um grande impulso modernizante de seu país.Foi precedido por Ahmad Shah Qajar e abdicou por favor de seu filho Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. Faleceu em exílio na África do Sul. Wikipedia

“If only I had a thousand rifles of the same calibre!”
Muhammad Reza Pahlavi (1961) Mission for my Country, London, page 41
Prior to his seizure of power, Persia's stocks of firearms were unstandardized and unreliable
Ashraf Pahlavi (1980), "Faces in a mirror: Memoirs from Exile", Prentice-Hall
Reza Shah to his daughter Ashraf, during his exile
“The inhabitants of Tehran are invited to keep quiet.”
Gérard de Villiers (1975) The Imperial Shah, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, page 29