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Popular Man Reza Pahlavi

Traditionalists and Conservatives are very fortunate because Reza Pahlavi is a well rounded, well educated leader.

He has nothing to do with the monarchy of 30 years ago while at the same time represeting what is great about the culture of Iran.

He will be certainly used by intellegent pro democratic forces that realize the vast majorty of Iranians want to see a Shah again because they are not ashamed of the Huma Rights ad Freedom Legacy of Iranian History, which up until the last couple of centuries was better than the USA or Europe as a place for Freedom.

Monarchists never did indulge in Slavery for all their faults like democratic republics.Or start inhumae wars. In that regard RP Father was better than George W. Bush

I Don't Understand

I don't understand how you believe a monarchy which was overthrown thirty years ago is the biggest threat to the IRI or why on earth they would even want to restore it. The history of those who come to power outside of democracies is that they do everything in their capabilities to maintain it. To simply believe that RP would come to power, and then let the people "decide" is ludicrous. The biggest threat to the IRI is the people of Iran, they spoke a year ago and unfortunately their voices were suppressed and oppressed. I believe Iran is ready and capable of a true democracy/republic not the Islamic Republic of Puppets which is practiced today, led my misguided, uninformed, and vestigial mullahs and ayatollahs. When a large majority of the country are educated, informed and passionate for freedoms which they are lacking under the current regime, the social and political status quo is destined to alter. What is the problem then? The answer is simply the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. When those in power have the money and guns, the voices of the next generation of Iran are destined to remain oppressed and silenced.

1989-2010

Haft shahr-e

esgh ra attar gasht

ma hanooz andar kham-e yek kooche eem.....

Iran and Iranians deserve a better way of life,free and prosperous and majority (inside and outside) of Iran wishing JUST for that

Is wanting freedom to much to ask?         

I still hold my expired Imperial passport as a proof to be an Iranian and will return to a free Iran to enjoy my American earned retirment income 

Be it constitutional monarchy or a free Republic (western style).    Maziar

Sargord

I like your nickname on this website - very appropriate for you.

Although I'm not necessarily a fan of RP per se, all I heard on the interview was good common sense - a real democracy with the option of a constitutional monarchy decided by the people.  That beats the foul and corrupt system of the IRI any day.

I am willing to bet Maryam will get more votes then RP

any takers :)

Mehrdad

P.S. Of course that is not a reference to Maraym Rajavi, as she has already have got all the votes in a very democratic election and is the president.  I was referring to Maryam with 1300 hit next to RP

I don't think the majority

I don't think the majority think of RP as an option

Let me give you a rough idea, based on the opinion of Iranians abroad, who overwhelmingly are Pahlavi bashers... or used to be.

All the videos featured on first page of IC are posted freshly. Here is the number of each topic visited prior to this comment:

Amiri, the hottest news in business, 1500 visits

Maryam, the hottest all around in business, 1300 visits

Reza Pahlavi, 1200 visits

Then the numbers go down on other topics. 

benross and prsch

Benross, I don't think the majority think of RP as an option. Of course you may argue that there is no way to know, and you are right.

prsch, it is my opinion that the previous system was better for Iran. However, we have this new system and challenges to deal with. I am going from this point on. 

Iran and its situation is far from being a done deal. It is changing by year and at times by months. For now my focus and hopefully Iranians should be based on people inside and making life easier for them. The rest is out of our hands.

The Shah would have been better for Iran?

How can you say that?  First, you cannot predict what would have happened.  Oh yeah, in this case you can predict one thing, it is likely the Shah would have died on July 27, 1980 anyway!  Do you think his naive, weak son could have taken over?  I doubt it.  Maybe Iran would have become communist, maybe some other type of regime.  I am sure Khomeini wanted what was best for Iran.  But, as some of you admit, Iranian leaders have to deal with the limitations of what the country is capable of.  The fact remains that because Iran is blessed with natural resources, it is cursed to be led to destruction. 

This is getting off topic but...

I like to work with what's on the table.

RP is the first thing on the table. Always was. It's only one year that I'm here. But you seem to be here a bit longer. Read the first comment in this blog. You know that it is a mild one, compared to what was predominant in IC back then. Yet nobody tried to stop it. In fact, everybody was cheerfully participating taking a crack at him. And that's how it's been for 30 years. Every time RP tried to unite Iranians, he was sabotaged every step of the way. EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. And who are those who say RP didn't do anything for the last 30 years? same people who sabotaged each and every effort made by him or cheerfully watched the saboteurs. THIS IS WHAT THE NEW GENERATION SHOULD KNOW.

Look Abarmard, this video is not from today. It's from 1989. The readers should look back in 1989 and say what they THEN did about freedom in Iran and how they THEN were acting against Reza Pahlavi and his efforts.

Not only RP is the first thing on the table, but also he is the only thing. Because he is the legitimate monarch of legitimate constitution of Iran. I should add, beyond legitimacy and legality, politically speaking, he is the best thing that can happen to Iran. Because it would symbolize ending all those filth that so called opposition entertained under pretext of so called 'political opinion' for 30 years. The message of RP on the other hand, despite all failed attempts to pass it through that filth in the past 30 years, was always the same.

benross, Shah was good

Problem is that most people judge him not realizing the full picture. He did what he could based on what the country was capable of.

His father was also similar. We all know how they came to power, but what they made from the limited moves allowed to them is the issue. He was a nationalist and loved Iran, cared to see Iran in highest place in the region. Many mistakes, but now it's easier to judge. It's not my place to talk about Shah, but I would think that we would have been better off with him still in power.

However, I am a realist and don't dream much. I like to work with what's on the table.

That's so surprising coming

That's so surprising coming from you Abarmard. I thought you were a staunch shahollahi.

Ageh Pesaresh mese Shah bood

He would be called a king today. That's my opinion.

How hard is to get along?

One who disagrees with Reza Pahlavi, it is great but are you really have the same blue print that he offers to the nation or you are even close to any clear understanding of foreign and domestic politics that facing the country. He is not a claiming anything accepts referendum and choice is with the people.

We are the nation conquest for freedom and question is which freedom?

Reza Pahlavi freedom? He has a plan which invites every one to choose their destiny.

Mousavi freedom? He is interested in same Islamic freedom with new topic from last 31 year.  

Republic? Or what else is left confederation and many more.

At end all these group could be in one and choice is with people with referendum to vote what they want their future to be and again all others could create the parties and they could prove to voters they could serve the nation and the country for four or eight year and then they could argue and fight in election arena to prove to the country their point.

In the mean time lets all

In the mean time lets all help to get these monsters out of iran and return the governtment to the people, and lets remember to honor the peoples choice!

Absolutely. Please read my response to O. RP is working in that direction. Your preference for republican system will also be expressed in free Iran... and people will decide. I'm all with you.

Monarchy in Iran?

Dear DK and Benross,

I am really doubtful the people of Iran would like to return back to monarchy.  Sure they would prefer it to Islamic Republic, but turning back to a corrupt and discredited system is not the answer.  If there is a change the people will need to decide what form of government they like to have, my guess (and my hope) is that they will select a democratic republic!   

In the mean time lets all help to get these monsters out of iran and return the governtment to the people, and lets remember to honor the peoples choice!  

No I don't. Please explain.

No I don't. Please explain.

Say what you want about

Reza or his father.  But there is one thing you cannot deny:

He has a country.

Unlike the fake self proclaimed sargooz, and the bosses he kisses up to.  I can tell how ticked off this sargooz "isn't" at RP:)

The true pathetic wannabe is sargooz who gives himself rank that no professional military on this planet  would give him.  He has no idea what it means to be a soldier for one's country, and shamelessly supports the oppression and rape of innocent civilians in our country.  And the true stooge is the apes that have taken our country (not sargooz's) hostage and are ruining it everyday.

Also another sign of the fascist sargooz's hypocrisy- those who nonviolently protest the islamic republic are "subsersives" and "illegal", such that their arrest and rape and torture and imprisonment are "legal" in his sick mind.  However, he makes no such assessment for all those who came out and opposed the Shah, as all revolutionaries in that day and age were also "illegal subversives" at the time.  Is there a double standard here or what?

And no, RP does not represent even close to the strongest threat to the Islamist Rapist Republic.  The strongest threat to this fascist regime is by far the people of Iran who have spoken loud and clear.  The second biggest threat is its own viciousness (which dwarfs any brutality that the Shah ever showed his people) and arrogance, which is perfectly refelcted here by the fascist anti Iran Sargooz.  This will be their (and your ) downfall. Iran will outlast you and all other traitors, as it has for the last several thousand years.

Now you and your bosses can sleep as easy as you want.  Sweet dreams:)  

Benross

Not if you keep throwing his right to monarchy to our faces. You know what i am sayin' dawwg?

benross Jaan That was Hilarious ;0))

I think You Beat me there ...

Az Sandaleem Jedeeh oftadam ...

LOL

thanks for islamic advice!

pahlavi is a forgotten joke.

Doctor X

Can't we all Just get along? (like we always do in the end)

Don't worry. That's the idea. 

Nope Doctor But We may Have an X-Rated Intermission ... ;0)

To Lighten Up Our Spirits ... 

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZKiYgcgBAY&feature=related 

In the meantime ... La Résistance Royale S'Organise ...

//www.rppirannews.com/

Hee Hee

Bezan bezan sare chie?:)

Can't we all Just get along? (like we always do in the end)

Abarmard Oh Yes and I would have opposed it From Day One ;0)

And would have seeked refuge in the Only Parliamentary Democracy in Europe at the time: Great Britain ...

A Tale Of Two Cities (Final) :

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZuPQlBxCKI 

Particularly after the Execution of the King and Queen who were innocent of the crimes for which they were executed including an accusation of Incest in the case of the French Queen:

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dx4azkgxlc

For more explanations I invite you to read my comments in the following threads to this blog by a Shortsighted Republican:

//iranian.com/main/blog/aynak-9

and I hope to see you in the after Life ...

FOR KING AND COUNTRY: Farzan Deljou's interview with General Bahram Aryana (1981)

LOL

Dear DK

I am sure you are well aware about the French revolution and what happened, as one of the bloodiest system for several decades. Is that not correct?

Ticked off? By this pathetic

Ticked off? By this pathetic wannabe? You must be kidding.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: if RP represents the strongest threat to the Islamic Republic of Iran, you can bet Iran's leader's sleep soundly every night they go to bed. 

The French Revolution Gave the World a Universal Declaration HR

The Iranian Revolution Gave The world the Tozihol Massael ...

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqXOLUz5U_M

BAH BAH !

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GOOD READ: All You Need to Know About The Enlightment Philosophers

HISTORY FORUM: The Age of Enlightment in France and Europe.

O

This is not about 'leading' Iran. It's about exercising his function as the monarch of the country according to the constitution. You and everybody else will get a chance to decide about the becoming of our country afterward. In freedom.

As for 'young' people, I suppose Arash was not young enough for you. Or all the other young activists sitting and talking with RP in here. A number of those young people are inside Iran. You and I are not.

... and as a side note, when sargord jumps in, you know what ticks them off! 

Hate to admit it, but as far

Hate to admit it, but as far as stooges go, Jordan's half-American stooge is a way more convincing stooge than this wannabe Iranian stooge ever will be.

He is so naive, he truly

He is so naive, he truly belongs to 20th century.

It is 2010 and Young people inside Iran have moved on, yes they are against anything religious in the government but they are also looking for some sort of democratic system free of disease of jobless personalities  like him who do nothing. He should just get a real job, and forget about 'leading' Iran.