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• n  Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980)
• n  the Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries
• n  the script (derived from the Aramaic alphabet) used to write the Pahlavi language

• Pahlavi
• Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
• Shah Pahlavi
• Pahlevi
• Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
• Pehlevi

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• Iran's lawmakers denounce 1953 coup led by US, UK
  Iranian lawmakers have slammed the "shameful and inhumane" 1953 coup against the government of then Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosadeq by the United States and Britain. The Iranian lawmakers also criticized Britain for orchestrating the 1921 coup d'etat that led to the establishment of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1925.
  Aug. 19, 2013 - Payvand Iran News
• CIA Exposed for Orchestrating '53 Iranian Coup
  After 60 years of secrecy, the CIA finally admitted to masterminding the 1953 coup against democratically elected Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossedegh that ushered the widely despised U.S.-controlled Mohammad Reza Pahlavi back to power and had a hand in decimating left and progressive forces in Iran. Prime Minister Mohammad Mossedeq (Photo: Wikimedia Creative Commons) read more
  Aug. 19, 2013 - CommonDreams.org