I don’t know, the Shah was pretty bad. But I guess he wasn’t policing fashion?
I heard the story once from an Iranian, about the difference between the Shah and the Mullahs.
If kids at school were talking about how their parents hated the political leader, and the leader was the Shah, then that evening some plain clothed people would show up to their front door to beat up the parents.
But if the leader was the Mullahs, then the plain clothed people would show up at their front door to shoot/kill the parents.
Potentially. Especially with all their oil.
But still, I think that still would be preferable to them, the lesser of the two evils.
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I don’t know, the Shah was pretty bad. But I guess he wasn’t policing fashion?
I heard the story once from an Iranian, about the difference between the Shah and the Mullahs.
If kids at school were talking about how their parents hated the political leader, and the leader was the Shah, then that evening some plain clothed people would show up to their front door to beat up the parents.
But if the leader was the Mullahs, then the plain clothed people would show up at their front door to shoot/kill the parents.
So Iranians see a difference between the two.
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