Dr. Israel Goldstein, American Zionist leader, was received in audience yesterday by the Shah of Iran, according to information received by the World Jewish Congress in New York from Teheran.
On behalf of the WJC and its affiliates throughout the world, Dr. Goldstein conveyed to the Shah felicitations on the approaching 2500th anniversary of the founding of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great and referred to the honored place of Cyrus in Jewish history as a liberal ruler.
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