iranian prime minister amir abbas hoveda declared the government cherishes freedom of expression andstion, the show became megaliack in every field, including foreign policy. would you feel this personally when you would interact with him? well, you could see, you could see it in in his. body language in his speeches, interviews with americans, some of his interview, late interviews and with americans are really damaging to, were really damaging to by mid- 1977, mohammed razam pahlavi had branded all his opponents as a bunch of terrorists, talking to kehan newspaper on september 11, 1977, the shah said, we ask those who cry for freedom just... one question, what kind of freedom do you want? in september 1977, ayatullah talgani's lawyers objected to his tenure imprisonment. three years before, the shah had announced in an interview that in his country only communists were prosecuted. it was there that he coined the term islamic marxism. meanwhile, the shah was diagnosed with cancer. and had to undergo intensive treatment. his ill health had cast the gloom over his future. ruling the c