"At this crucial moment in the life of our country, I would like to offer my blood to save the inviolability of our dear native land."
— Reza Pahlavi

January 1, 1970

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Reza Pahlavi's request to join in the Iran-Iraq war, 1980, as quoted in Farah Pahlavi (2004) An Enduring Love: My Life with the Shah, p. 396.