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REIGNING KING (SHAH). Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (born 26 Oct. 1919), who was sworn before the Majles on 18 Sept. 1941 on the abdication of his father Reza Shah Pahlavi (died 26 July 1944), who after the overthrow of the Qajar dynasty had been elected shah on 13 Dee. 1925. After the dissolution of two former marriages, the Shah on 21 Dec. 1959 married Farah Diba, daughter of an army officer. Offspring. Prince Reza Pahlavi, born 31 Oct. 1960 (Heir apparent). Princess Farahnaz, born March 1962; Prince Ali Reza Pahlavi, born 28 April 1966.
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STATISTICAL INFORMATION. The principal statistical agencies of the Government are:
(1) Department of Census, Civil Registration, and Statistics (Ministry of the Interior). Director-General. Sayyed Mehdi Hesabi. Publications on demographical statistics, in Persian.
(2) Publicity and Information Department of the Seven-year Plan Organization. Director. Dr Mohammed Ali Rashti. Publications on industry, labour, agriculture, in English and Persian. (3) Statistical and Economic Research Department of the Bank Melli Iran. Publishes Monthly Bulletin. in English and Persian. (4) Customs Department (Ministry of Finance), publishes monthly and annual reports, in French and Persian. (5) and (6) Ministry of Labour and Ministry of Industry and Mines, publish statistical year-books.
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Steinberg, S.H. (1967). Iran. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270961_71
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