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Which modern leader identified the Cyrus Cylinder as the oldest-known declaration of human rights?
Mahatma Gandhi
Nelson Mandela
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Winston Churchill
Answer
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, identified the Cyrus Cylinder as the oldest-known declaration of human rights in the 1970s. This view has been debated by some Western historians.
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