Cyrus Niknia born (Nematullah Abdollahi) in 1937 was an Iranian imperial colonel under the last king of Iran Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (1941-1979) At the beginning of his career, Iran was a weakened country where he as officers was stationed for several years at the border. After the coup plotters killed the last Iraqi king, the situation in Iraq was very unstable and Iranian borders were attacked by Iraqi planes often. This continued until the Shah bought some fighter jets from the United States which enabled Iran to guard its borders. THE REVOLUTION THAT CHANCE EVERYTHING By the late 1970s, Iran had become the strongest country in the Middle East. This was a great management. Thanks to the high rise in oil prices and the Shah's ambition to modernize Iran. In the book (The rise and fall of the Middle East), Arvin Niknia, the son of Cyrus Niknia, describes how it all turned into chaos. Cyrus Niknia was in the Imperial gurd's dinner room when a rebellious soldier who had j...