The other irony here is that one of the reasons the Shah was so hated was that he was living in grand opulence while large parts of the country were going through very rough times.
Now we see something similar, but instead of the ruling regime spending money on $10,000 a plate dinners for banquet halls full of visiting dignitaries, they’re spending money on promoting religion abroad.
Why do people tolerate such things?
Excellent video, thanks!
The use of the term Shah reminded me of the fact that the current Iranian “revolution” was prompted by the deposition of the Prime Minister Mossadeh by… you guessed it; American and British operatives. The Shah’s subsequent 1979 deposition was largely a response to this colonial and cultural meddling. In fact, it is very easy to draw direct lines between US/British/Soviet meddling and damn near every international hotspot today. Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Korea, Israel, most of Central America, a whole lot of South America, Vietnam, Cambodia, Cuba… those are just off the top of my head.
Other way around comrade. What do you think our military budget is for? They learned it from watching us.
Nearly everywhere has thousands of years of culture.
What Iran had both before and after the mullahs was a broadly educated public. Quality public education made the population both more secular and more informed than the typical subjects of an autocracy.
That’s what’s so weird about it.
More competition with the Saudis in the new Cold War.
Exactly! If the British, French and especially the Americans kept their noses out of other countries’ internal affairs, we wouldn’t have a fraction of the problems (including the creation and growth of Al-Quada and Daesh) that are an ongoing headache these days.
A few perspectives on Iran.
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https://twitter.com/sayedmousavi7/status/947645826548998144
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And a history thread:
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