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that after the Shah of Iran s overthrow, he was reluctantly given medical treatment in Panama. Panama assigned him a militantly Marxist sociology professor as a chief bodyguard who spent much time lecturing the Shah on how he deserved his fate and was charged $21,000 a month for rent.

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Fun Fact: that after the Shah of Iran’s overthrow, he was reluctantly given medical treatment in Panama. Panama assigned him a “militantly Marxist sociology professor” as a chief bodyguard who “spent much time lecturing the Shah on how he deserved his fate” and was charged $21,000 a month for rent.

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