Lance ; Marve stuff, especially about Tehran. The bit about predicting that the Shah would survive made me spill my first cuppa because it reminded me of my connection.
Spent most of my early career trying to get back to Iran after being schooled there. Part of the BARD integration and not liking going from 28 on the Northeast Seniority list to 879 on the BEA list I had to pull some strings and was offered Iranair 727 in 1978. Top guy in Iranair asked me to check with my Dad (very high-up) before signing the highly attractive contract. The former referred to the political situation. I questioned Mac senior who said ", yeah, there is likely to be a little skirmish in the Villages."
Dad & Parsons got that figured out, eh ? Larf ! I joined Laker at LGW on the 1-11 instead !