Assassinations of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

The Shah usually walked from his apartment building near the Marble Palace to the Marble Palace with the Crown Prince at 9:00 a.m. on weekdays. The street leading to the Marble Palace opened up in front of the palace into a small, triangular square. At every corner of the square stood a guard, equipped with a German-made MP 40 submachine gun , dating from the Second World War , with twenty rounds and a spare magazine with another forty rounds.