tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post8842297045194539973..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: The Problems in IranMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-3167262950516068902009-07-18T15:29:40.848-05:002009-07-18T15:29:40.848-05:00The Shah may have been a dictator in some ways - B...The Shah may have been a dictator in some ways - But he was a benevolent and good dictator who only wanted the best for his people and country. A million lies have been told about him and his family - No leader and dynastic rule in modern times have had so many and such vicious and malicious enemies as he and the Pahlavi monarchy had! Radical Arab states such as Libya, Syria, Iraq and once also Egypt. And then so called "moderate" Arab states such as Saudi Arabia. Oil companies and certain western powerful politicians. The Soviet Union, and so on. All of them spit out lie after lie, and then spread them through the western media and tea houses, taxi cabs, universities and public bath houses throughout Iran. The few things that were said about the Shah and his rule that were not lies were extremely exaggerated - such as the role of SAVAK and torture. All too often history is not just towards its subjects - I hope that history will reflect the truth about the Shah and his rule. He, his wife the empress, and his father, really loved Iran, and they worked so hard for Iran and the Iranian nation. Modern Iran has the Pahlavi monarchy to thank for its existence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-14667422740734209942009-07-18T15:17:57.120-05:002009-07-18T15:17:57.120-05:00I have met so many Iranians who had an active part...I have met so many Iranians who had an active part in the revolution that toppled the Iranian monarchy, and who today are so remorseful! I met one the other day, in a shop here in Stockholm. I didn't know that he was a monarchist, and rather thought for various reasons that he was a socialist or communist. When I referred to the Shah as a "dictator" this man became leaned forward at me and with very angrily asked me "The Shah was a dictator??", when I said well yes..., he interrupted me and firmly said "No, he wasn't!" And then he said, even if he was a dictator, he was a good and just leader who loved and served his country. This man told me that he had been one of the diehard revolutionaries who had set cars, shops and buses on fire during the revolution, and even torn down the statues of the Shah. Now, he said, he was ashamed in front of his children everyday of his life, and he said he would be so for the rest of his life. I looked at his chubby fingers and noticed a gold ring with the Pahlavi crown emblem. Most people in Iran, everywhere in Iran, say these words: "Khodah biamorzatesh!" It means "May God bless him", and they're referring to Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-20171587860644472772009-06-20T16:47:05.376-05:002009-06-20T16:47:05.376-05:00Thanks for your response! I appreciate it!Thanks for your response! I appreciate it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-84387682200644090282009-06-19T19:56:09.991-05:002009-06-19T19:56:09.991-05:00Well, the Shah was an autocrat -no doubt about it....Well, the Shah was an autocrat -no doubt about it. Personally, I have no problem with that, and there are also those who point to signs that he was preparing to introduce more political freedom. However, he did go after opposition groups, had secret police and all that. What is worth remembering is that the people he was "oppressing" are the people in power today -radicals, fundamentalists and terrorists. He was an autocrat but, unlike today, Iran had real freedom of religion, women could wear skirts, uncovered heads, go out in public without an escort, get educated and teenagers could go to the see the latest Hollywood movie or dance at a disco. People had way more freedom in their everyday lives under the Shah than they do today. If he had to crack a few skulls of religious fanatics who wanted Iran to be the horrific, terrorist-sponsoring theocracy that it is today; I say more power to him and may he rest in peace.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-64492577012536760192009-06-19T19:25:28.834-05:002009-06-19T19:25:28.834-05:00What, if any, were the 'crimes' of the lat...What, if any, were the 'crimes' of the late Shah? Why were so many people angry at him? In what little I know....he seemed to try to help his people.....the whole thing is so confusing....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-32709076387323509702009-06-18T22:48:56.435-05:002009-06-18T22:48:56.435-05:00Well Said.Well Said.Thomas Bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06855333805635398250noreply@blogger.com