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Depends on who you were. The shah gave freedoms to those who could afford them, provided in return they supported his regime.

If you weren't one of those, and you had the affrontery to complain, you weren't likely to be very free. Khomeiny did not happen in a vacuum, though it is true the left in Iran didnt know what they were getting into with him and were quickly dispatched once he came to power.


Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant

by redstar on Sat Sep 22nd, 2007 at 02:23:53 PM EST
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Methinks above you confused the Shahs of Iran and Afghanistan.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Sat Sep 22nd, 2007 at 02:52:48 PM EST
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Ah, I'm not used to hearing him refered to as shah - he's always been refered to as King by people I knew (one of whom was a nephew of his who owns a restaurant here in the Twin Cities who I went to the local international school with...)

True shah equals king in farsi. In Pashto the word is kahn; most of my friends are the latter. Actually I think the last king was pashtun too, even Peshawar-based, as his nephew certainly is here in St Paul.  

Sorry for the confusion on my part.

Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant

by redstar on Sat Sep 22nd, 2007 at 03:05:12 PM EST
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