After Morocco asked the Shah to leave, his options were rapidly shrinking.
As Dr. Leon Morgenstern explains, few governments were willing to take him in, fearing political consequences.
With intervention from Princess Ashraf, Henry Kissinger, and David Rockefeller, the Shah and his entourage were granted temporary refuge in the Bahamas. But the stay was far from comfortable: the cost was enormous, the living quarters were cramped, and his health continued to decline.
What followed was not stability, but another uncertain stage in exile.
