The Fall of Heaven

by Andrew Scott Cooper

  “None!”: Ibid., p. 199.

  “Our final victory will come”: R. W. Apple Jr., “Khomeini Arrives in Tehran; Urges Ouster of Foreigners; Millions Rally to Greet Him,” New York Times, February 1, 1979.

  “We should be careful”: Memorandum for the President from Zbigniew Brzezinski, NSC Weekly Report 87, February 2, 1979, Jimmy Carter Presidential Library.

  “I am helping them”: Author interview with Kiomars Djahinbini, March 15, 2013. Colonel Djahinbini’s father-in-law was in jail with Moghadam and witnessed the former Savak chief’s conversations with Pakravan.

  upwards of ten thousand who had “disappeared”: Youssef Ibrahim, “Hoveida Believed Doomed in Iran; 6 More Die in Renewed Executions,” New York Times, April 7, 1979.

  translated and published: “Text Tied to Khomeini Published by the CIA,” New York Times, March 21, 1979.

  “Why didn’t you go all out against Khomeini?”: Author interview with Fereydoun Djavadi, July 13, 2013.

  “You gave the orders to finish the job”: Ibid.

  “I hadn’t the time”: Ibid.

  “Your Majesty, you’re in love with Iran”: Ibid.

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