When he reversed a ban on women attending football games, a relative of mine compared him to Reza Shah, Iran's great 20th-century nation-builder.

当他撤销一条禁止妇女观看足球比赛的禁令时，我的一个亲戚甚至拿他同伊朗20世纪的立国者伟大的礼萨·汗相提并论。

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The nineteen seventy-nine revolution forced Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi out of power and made Ayatollah Khomeini the country's leader.

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Iran's merchants were an important part of the opposition movement that swept Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi from power in 1979.

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Top Iranian vice president Mohammad Reza Rahimi also told journalists Friday that the government was planning to stop selling oil in euros and dollars.

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CNN's Laura Smith-Spark, Reza Sayah, Tara Kangarloo and Saad Abedine contributed to this report.

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MetroStar's CEO is Ali Reza Manouchehri, an Iranian-American who went to high school in Iran.

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Sunday's statement on the oil ministry website was attributed to spokesman Ali Reza Nikzad Rahbar.

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