Sara says Reza Pahlavi could have become a nationalist figure by opposing Western-inflicted pain on Iranians, but instead became tainted as aligned with the enemy against the homeland.
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Sara says Reza Pahlavi could have become a nationalist figure by opposing Western-inflicted pain on Iranians, but instead became tainted as aligned with the enemy against the homeland.
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Piers notes there is little sign that Pahlavi’s appeal to Iranian armed forces has produced defections.
Sam says diaspora support for Pahlavi is meant to echo the voices of Iranians under blackout, not replace them, and argues foreign help has freed countries in history even though wars do not resolve everything.
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"...And I feel sort of bad for the followers of Reza Pahlavi. I think, you know, monarchy is an ancient tradition in Iran at..."
"...never going to go back. They're never going to have a Pahlavi restoration. You know, you're going to have an IRGC -istan, a militarized..."
"...an international conference. In Paris, yesterday, where he said this. Mr. Pahlavi cannot be accused of too much arduous work over the decades. He..."
"...to him, just as our little secret between Mr. and Mrs. Pahlavi, and me, mate, you are deluded. Sam, what do you make of..."
"Iranian people that rose up and spoke on everything that was happening in Iran before this war, and even now, was to be the..."
"And, you know, if you take a look at the Iranian regime, the regime is, is stacked with layers on the way this regime..."
"...iran uh you install a vladimir zelensky in tehran shah reza pahlavi who will do you know whatever whatever his western sponsors demand of..."
"...so duh obviously you know but if you get shah reza pahlavi it doesn't matter he's going to give the contracts to westinghouse and..."
"...assume that many of the Iranians who chant him for Reza Pahlavi, are now dead, either at the hands of security services or the..."
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