"It has never been easy to be a Persian, from the oldest times in history till today."

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History of IranFormer countries in AsiaFormer monarchies
Original Language: English

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John F. Kennedy, "Toasts of the President and the Shah of Iran.," April 11, 1962. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=8601.