<P> On 22 October 1979 , President Jimmy Carter reluctantly allowed the Shah into the United States to undergo surgical treatment at the New York Hospital -- Cornell Medical Center . While there , Mohammad Reza used the name of `` David D. Newsom '' , Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs at that time , as his temporary code name , without Newsom 's knowledge . The Shah was taken later by US Air Force jet to Kelly Air Force Base in Texas and from there to Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland Air Force Base . It was anticipated that his stay in the United States would be short ; however , surgical complications ensued , which required six weeks of confinement in the hospital before he recovered . His prolonged stay in the United States was extremely unpopular with the revolutionary movement in Iran , which still resented the United States ' overthrow of Prime Minister Mosaddegh and the years of support for the Shah 's rule . The Iranian government demanded his return to Iran , but he stayed in the hospital . Mohammad Reza 's time in New York was highly uncomfortable ; he was under a heavy security detail as every day , Iranian students studying in the United States gathered outside his hospital to shout `` Death to the Shah ! '' , a chorus that Mohammad Reza heard . The former Shah was obsessed with watching news from Iran , and was greatly upset at the new order being imposed by the Islamic Republic . Mohammad Reza could no longer walk by this time , and for security reasons had to be moved in his wheelchair under the cover of darkness when he went to the hospital while covered in a blanket , as the chances of his assassination were too great . </P>
<P> On 22 October 1979 , President Jimmy Carter reluctantly allowed the Shah into the United States to undergo surgical treatment at the New York Hospital -- Cornell Medical Center . While there , Mohammad Reza used the name of `` David D. Newsom '' , Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs at that time , as his temporary code name , without Newsom 's knowledge . The Shah was taken later by US Air Force jet to Kelly Air Force Base in Texas and from there to Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland Air Force Base . It was anticipated that his stay in the United States would be short ; however , surgical complications ensued , which required six weeks of confinement in the hospital before he recovered . His prolonged stay in the United States was extremely unpopular with the revolutionary movement in Iran , which still resented the United States ' overthrow of Prime Minister Mosaddegh and the years of support for the Shah 's rule . The Iranian government demanded his return to Iran , but he stayed in the hospital . Mohammad Reza 's time in New York was highly uncomfortable ; he was under a heavy security detail as every day , Iranian students studying in the United States gathered outside his hospital to shout `` Death to the Shah ! '' , a chorus that Mohammad Reza heard . The former Shah was obsessed with watching news from Iran , and was greatly upset at the new order being imposed by the Islamic Republic . Mohammad Reza could no longer walk by this time , and for security reasons had to be moved in his wheelchair under the cover of darkness when he went to the hospital while covered in a blanket , as the chances of his assassination were too great . </P>
when did the shah come to the us
when did the shah come to the us
22 October 1979
22 October 1979