United States President Richard Nixon visits Tehran, Iran. President Nixon and the First Lady of the United States Pat Nixon arrive in a limousine for a state dinner at the Niavaran Palace (Tehran Province Tehran District 1 Niavaran St, Niavaran Square, Iran). President Nixon, Mrs. Nixon and others enter the palace. President Nixon shakes hands with people.
Trucks and a horse cart on the road in Tehran, Iran during World War II. View of a monument possibly depicting Reza Shah Pahlavi, the first Shahinshah of Iran. Hafte Tir Square, also known as 25 Shahrivar Square before the revolution. Pedestrians cross the street. A Reza Shah equestrian statue stands on the square in front of the modernist Ganz building, also known as the Qanab building, purportedly designed by Roland Marcel Dubrulle. Closer view of the building and its windows. Pedestrians walking outside the modernist building.
Tehran as the “Persian Corridor” during World War II. A black car stops in front of the Hotel Ritz in Ferdowsi Square, Tehran, Iran. A cart pulled by a horse pass by the hotel. Some pedestrians cross the street across the Hotel Ritz. Pedestrians walking past the Texas Café and Restaurant in downtown Tehran. Several multistory buildings. View looking down on a horse-drawn cart moving along a tree-lined city street. National Council building in Baharestan Square, Tehran. Minarets of the Sepahsalar Mosque (Tehran Province, Tehran, Allameh Sharif-e-Razi, Iran). A bus drives past the Sepahsalar Mosque. Donkeys, bicycles, and pedestrians are also seen.
Two palace guards stand outside the Golestan Palace and Royal Museum in Tehran, Iran. (Tehran District 12 Panzdah-e-Khordad St Fifth Khordad Avenue Arg Sqr, Iran). Two Iranian guards stand by the entrance of the museum. A soldier walks past the entrance. Intricate relief plaster work decorates the ceiling inside the Golestan Palace. Intricate tile in courtyard.
Segment from the United Nations Security Council meeting at Hunter College, New York City, United States, on March 27, 1946. At the time, the Soviet Union, with its troops in Iran, and with interest in the governance and autonomy of Azerbaijan, was pushing to postpone discussion of the appeal by Iran that the action of the Soviet Army in Iran was a threat to international peace and security. American statesman James F. Byrnes, Edward R. Stettinius, Soviet diplomat Andrei Gromyko and representatives of the UN Security Council member countries are seen entering the conference room at Hunter College, New York City. The dignitaries seated at a table. Delegates and spectators present. Gromyko, the Soviet representative to the United Nations, speaks in Russian. Other delegates listen, seated behind. A delegate from China speaks. Several delegates raise their hands with questions. U.S. representative James Byrnes demands that the Iranians be given a chance to be heard. The Soviet delegation stands and exits the talks abruptly. Iranian delegate Hossein Ala', Iran's Ambassador to the United States approaches the table and is seated. The delegates listen as Mr. Hossein Ala addresses the council. Mr. Ala urges the council to take action, saying, "Iran views with grave concern any delay in the consideration by the council of the merits of these disputes. For these reasons, on behalf of my government, I request the council to take up these matters at once and reach, without reference to further negotiations, a solution consistent with the principles of the charter."
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran descends stairs in a garden, with officials, in Rome, Italy. He walks a reception line and is then surrounded by reporters. He answers questions while being interviewed. He samples refreshments from a waiter. Later, at night, the Shah is seen surrounded, again, by reporters. He reads from several publications. A newspaper named 'American'. Headline reads: "Mosaddegh Flees Iran Riots. Shah Prepares Flight Home." The story is carried in other foreign language publications. Views of Hotel Excelsior (Via Vittorio Veneto, 125, 00187 Roma RM, Italy) in Rome, as Shah prepares to return to Iran.