PAHLAVI

AreyoBarzan, Sorry

for misspelling your name.

آزاده

ایران بیش از ۷۵ میلیون جمعیت دارد و ایرانیان خارج از کشور بیش از ۳ میلیون و تصمیم باملت است نه با یک عده سیاستمدار ویا یک عده به نقل شما ایرانی دلسوز.

اگر شما و کسانی امثال شما از سیاست خارجی و داخلی اشنایی داشتید، این قدر نگران شاهزاده پهلوی نمی شدید واطرافیان ایشان نمی شدید و اگر اصلأ از اقای پهلوی و هدف ایشان و فعالیتهای ایشان خبری داشتید و در مورد حرفهایی که تا حال زده اند توجه میکردید، متوجه میشدید که ایشان نظر و عقیده های ایشان اصلأ عوض نشده.

شاهزاده پهلوی پادشاهی پارلمانی و شاه دور از سیاست و بدون قدرت را پیشنهاد میکنند و حتئ با جمهوری هم راضی هستند و طبق گفته خودشان به ۸۰% اروزویش خواهدرسید.

برای اقای پهلوی ایران و دموکراسی در راس اول است و حالا هر تفسیر سیاسی بشود از ایشان دیگر خریدار چندانی ندارد، چون ایشان به این نتیجه رسیده اند که در قرن بیست و یکم برای رسیدن به هدف خود اولویت پادشاهی نیست. اولویت ازادی است و بقیه تصمیم ملت است.

در مورد مجاهدین خلق: شاهزاده پهلوی بعنوان یک ایرانی و شاهزاده حزب و فرقه برایشان مهم نیست. مجاهدین: ایرانی هستند و این عمل از پهلوی نشانگر فهم و تجربه انسانی ایشان است همراه با تجربه سیاسی ایشان و ایشان با همدلی از مجاهدین نشانه پادشاهی است. اگر که کسانی با چشمهای بسته فقط ۳۰ سال پیش را میبینند و فراموش میکنند که چرا و چگونه مجاهدین به این روز افتاده اند و تقصیر انها در کمپ اشرف چیست.

جمهوری اسلامی از تلاشهای اقای پهلوی در کل خود را در خطر میبیند و هرروز از تبلیغات فرسوده ۳۳ سال و حمله به ایشان از هر طریق شده حراس نمیکند. دیگر تونل کاخ به زندان اوین خریدار ندارد، دیگر ترورهای شخصیتی بر ایشان و خانوده اش مشتری ندارد. پس اقای پهلوی حتمأ اثر زیادی گذاشته که این همه حمله به ایشان میشود.

AreoBarzan, Thanks

for your comments & answers in this blog.  I certainly respect you, your standing & your intellect.  I have been enjoying your appreance & participation in the Dr. Sharafshahi program "DIDEHGAH" of course if I am not wrong about you that you are the same AreoBarzan.   However, I agree with you and other who think RP is a very intelligent, reponsible & sensible person who can pull us from the IRR/IRI crisis.

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A few points:

1. The era of absolute monarchy is gone.

2. Reza Pahlavi simply aint got it in him to be a monarch.

3. He enjoys being who he is, the son of an overthrown absolute monarch and nothing more.

4. The Islamic Repulic of Iran will not be overthrown soon, why waste his time, he asks. 

Classic Iranian Thinking

This article shows classic Iranian way of thinking. Black and white!

Just because Reza Pahlavi is not an arrogant man like many old school pro monarchists, is not good enough reason to write him off.

The man is actually is the only public Iranian who makes sense. He has conducted himslef very well in the midst of the lunacy and irresponsibility his siblings portrayed. He has so far pirtrayed nothing but dignity.

He talks sense, and I believe he genuinely believes in what he says. He is not a class act crown wielding has been.  

He ackowledges the mistakes of his father and to me he is the only Iranian who is not caught in an overrated past.

All he has done or doing is patriotic, honorable, and dignified.

Unlike the author of this article he has actually learnt the alphabets of democracy and is practicing what he preches.

mullah-kosh Jaan Not My Fault if YOU feel misunderstood ;0))

It's never easy to understand Pro Cuckoo Republican arguments like yours ...

The Third Man - Cuckoo clock speech with subtitles

For Like a Good Swiss Cheese Your Answers have More Holes in them than offer Solutions to a nation's ills ...

LOL 

MK, haalaa chera behet bar mikhore?

My assertion is flawless dude,  just ask that dipstick, Glennnnnnn Beck...or the queen of smarts, Sarah-I-can-see-you-from-here-Palin - LOL. 

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IRAN FIRST

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To the ignorant monarchists..

Darius, it does not surprise me that you don't understand what I write, my writing is usually pretty clear and straight forward to everyone else. That is why I am very affraid of you monarchists, you just don't get it...

COP, it is republican with a small "r" to you sir, not capital "R"..again another ignorant fooling not knowing the difference....

As a stuanch republican

you must first ask for his birth certificate....Like the law just passed in...where else but Arizona.

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IRAN FIRST

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mullah-kosh jaan You mean a Staunch Alien McDonald Consumer? ;0)

As Usual Your IRANICAN Diatribe Needs Translation ...    

Mars Attacks "Why Can't We All Just Get Along?"

No Comment ... ;0)

ROYAL FORUM: Explaining the Concept of a Constitutional Monarchy to a Staunch Republican

As a staunch republican

I am completely opposed to any form of Monarchy. He can run for the presidency like everyone else who is Iranian, and if he gets the votes, so be it. But Monarchy is an outdated form of government, and certainly Iran is in no position to be handing out welfare to a bunch of people who think they are somehow above everyone else. He needs to work his ass off like everyone else.

I say this because I still see monarchists running around talking about how Shah gave all these money to the students, and those same students came back to revolt against him. These are not the people I want to trust when they tell me about constitutional monarchy, or some country like Norway. What these people still don't get is that it was never Shah's money or oil to begin with, it belongs to the Iranian people, and to the nation. The sense of entitlement is still there.

If you go to apply for a job at McDonald's in this country, first thing they ask is for your resume. I want to see RP's resume, I want to assess his qualification before I as a citizen of Iran put my confidence in him to run the country, or even be his symbol. There are far more quailified Iranians who can do that job much better in my opinion. NO MORE HEREDITARY BULLSHIT...

Dear Roozbeh

Thank you for clearing the misunderstanding. I also do apologize for my outburst

I should also emphasize that I am in 100% agreement with you on this issue.

As for myself I am neither a monarchist nor an MKO member, but I respect the rights of both group. However, I strongly advice you to please embrace yourself for the storm of accusations, calling us pseudo Monarchists. Believe me I have been there

As you mentioned the concern raised by RP over the massacre of Iranian exiles in Camp Ashraf was the single bravest and most wise move made by any political leader over the past 32 years.

By doing so showed that he means business when he talks about democracy and even in spite of running the risk of alienating some of his own supporters he is willing to do the right thing.

But please remember that we always need to be on alert and never shy away from criticising our leaders when due. Now, many of these criticisms might be wrong and baseless but that does not necessarily mean that the person making them is an enemy agent or a traitor, and at the end of the day that is what these debates are for.

But if we stop people from asking (sometimes stupid) questions we run the risk of handing the country from one dictator to another, and in thirty years time our children will be in the same position as us today, asking WHY

About this blog.....

First, when the identification of an author is in black color, this usually means that the article has been taken from somewhere else, and is not posted here by the author, him/herself.

I don't know who is this Azadeh. Is s/he the real author of the article or someone who just used this name to post the article written by someone else, somewhere else.

Anyway, let analyze what has been said here:

1) From what is said, this give me a feeling that the author is probably a very frustrated pro-Monarchism who want RP acting like a real Padeshah and not a political activist.

2) The author lacks a great amount of knowledge in Political Sciences and also s/he lacks a great deal of maturity.

3) What RP is doing now, is exactly what a true politician should do, in this critical situation. He is not a crowned king who is sitting tranquil at his takht padeshahi, but he is a "Prince" in exile.

4) From what I have heard by him so far, he always valued and respected Mosadegh as a true nationalist.

5) It is a proof of great lucidity, if he never open the old wounds and does not want to talk about the past! If you had a little knowledge about Politics, you would recognize his very smart tactic in taking such a position regarding his father's past deeds.

6) I don't know your age, but  I (as a 52 years old person) can still remember the old politicians of the Shah's era. If you think that RP doesn't know nothing about Politics, you must go back and read about our fossil politicians of the time. All those Shah's men (apart from a very few ones) were the ignorant fossil, moftkhoran and tofaleh haaye bisavad-e Ghajari!
So, compared to the ones who were in top of our country, ruling over a poor and ignorant nation, believe me RP is not only smart and intelligent, but much over the top!

7) I'm sure our nation is much more informed and intelligent now and they would never opt for a Monarchism again. So, your desire for putting RP in the takht-e saltanat, is completely irrational and your frustration about his actual behavior, is completely mis-placed.

8) You said: if we still respect RP, is because of his name and his position?

False!!!

If it was only for his name, I would never even look at him. This is true also for many Iranians. Also,, I must remind you that right now, he doesn't have any  position!

I still have lots of respect for him because of the amount of efforts and perseverance that he puts in his fight for the country. Which is unfortunately not the case for your well-known? and kind (del souz?) political figures in exil.

9) I am neither with nor against RP, but I can say I value his points a lot. Although I have two concerns about him:

- His support of the MKO

- The same ertejaee and fossil Monarchists still surrounding him (and his mother)

But he is a good, wise and intelligent politician.

Dear Areyo_Barzan

No I was not and I apologise to you for misuse of your name. I was just making up names, and it was unfortunate one of them turned up to be so similar to yours.

But on the topic itself, the islamist regime, having "fought off" the "Greens", are now focusing on what they consider the biggest immediate threat to their existance: MKO and RP. The recent statement by RP, condemning the attack on MKO in kamp ashraf (BTW, despite my own disagreement with both Monarchists and MKO I found this staement the single most courageous yet shrewd move by RP, given the fact MKO were partly to blame for his father's downfall) must have set the alarm bells going in every Islamist terrorist hiding hole from Ghom to bakkar valley! 

"Personal business must yield to collective interest."

Roozbeh Jaan

Are referring to me by aryo_barzan

Do you have any proof that I am an IRI supporter, do you even know me.  However I do not make accusations, I just ask questions. 

So tell me mate.

What is the difference between you and the Pasdars in Ettelaat who accuse any one they do not agree with of being an Israeli spy?   Aren’t you the next security services (SAVAK, Heffazat Ettelaat) agent in line for the next regime?  

Just tell me when is this vicious circle is going to end. When are we going to learn to keep our debate clean, civilised and without insults and accusations.

When are we going to learn to accepts that there are 70m people in this country with 70m different popints of view and they all have the right to express their opinions without fear of insult accusation, reprisal or physical assault

Just remember that democracy is about respecting (and NOT accepting) the other point of view especially the ones you do not like.

unless you learn that you are not ready for democracy and will not have is

as simple as that 

hasel-e omram seh harf bish

hasel-e omram seh harf bish nist:

kham budam, pokhteh shodam, sookhtam...

Presumptuous

Azadeh, it's awfully presumptuous of you to speak for 70 million Iranians all over the world.  

Excellent. This indicates

Excellent. This indicates that the regime now views RP as a real threat; thus the slew of veiled attacks on his person. If I were RP, I would be more careful and will hire more body guards. The regime is definitely realizing the power of nationalism and tradition of monarchy....

Azadeh, why are you shy about being an IRI supporter?

You are a supporter of the islamist regime. Your chosen user ID  gives you away!

Now go come back with another user ID, here a few suggestion for your next user ID:

"Aryaan_communist" (Dont forget the hammer and sickle on red flag as avatar!)

"zarastorian_arab_hating"

"latino_oriental_fatty_woman_gone_gaga"

and good luck!

"Personal business must yield to collective interest."

آزاده

جمهوری اسلامی ملیونها دلار برای تخریب شاهزاده رضا پهلوی خرج می‌کند هر سال ت و سکویی یکی‌ از آنها بود

A few important points

Dear Azadeh

I am also one of those people who are very interested to know who these credible passionate Iranians are. As I have also been looking for them, all over the world for the past 32 years and yet found none.

All of the opposition leaders from Banisar and Rejavi to Mosavi, caroobi and Taghva-ee come with a baggage and a question mark over their head and to be fair RP is the most credible one with cleanest past.

As for the affairs of Mohammad Reza shah era, his services to this country and some of the undeniable mistakes, the reason that RP chooses not to talk about them is not because he is afraid or does not have an answer. In fact on the contrary for those with an open mind who want to know the truth there are many books, articles documentaries and references to refer to and it is not his job to write the history

The answer to these questions and accusation has already been provided by many Iranian and foreign experts in a library of books, articles documentaries and so on.

However for those frozen brains who do not want to open their mind to the realities of life noting will satisfy them and hence it would pointless for him to waist any more of his precious time trying to persuade some old stubborn mules who still do not want to accept their mistake in following Khomeini in orchestrating and participation in 1979 cock up of a “revolution”.

There are many more important tasks in hand for saving Iran and rebuilding it for the future generations.

As for him showing concern for the poor souls trapped in camp Ashraff, I believe this only shows his political maturity and wisdom. By doing this he demonstrated that just like any other responsible politician when it comes to a humanitarian issues and the welfare of his fellow countrymen he can raise above party politic and past grudges to show concern for all Iranians regardless of their political orientation.

The beautiful thing about this move was that this was not only a humanitarian move but also a clever tactical move to show the IRI that the time for isolating, singling out and destroying the Iranian opposition factions one by one without anyone else showing concern has passed. Although we might not agree in many terms but we respect each others right especially to disagree. To understand more I direct you to the words of a member of opposition in Nazi Germany named Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984)  who said

“First they came for the communists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me.” 

Please note that I am not a monarchist at all in fact I am yet undecided. As the mater of fact I have even been accused to being a paid IRI agent by many in this very site. However I would like to think that I am a fair person and to be fair to RP I believe that he is doing more than his duty

امروز هیچ ایرانی دلسوز, خوش نام و ریشه داری مایل نیست با رضا پهل

این مردک پیر پاتال قرن ۲۰توم هنوز فکر میکنند آن زمان هست که رضا پهلوی شمیشیر بگیرد و برود ایران را آزاد کنند این مردک هنوز معنی‌ شاه را نمیداند این مردک از دوستان سعید سکویی فحاش هست این مردک با عکس رضا شاه در تخریب رضا پهلوی هست این مردک نمیداند که امروز جوانان آگااه هستند دیگر قول این افراد را نخواهند خورد این مردک چندین سال هست که هرش همین هست ولی‌ یک خبر بعدی دارم برات آزاده رهبر تو خامنه‌ای 

حذف بودجه ساندیس خوران خارج از کشور   

RP was only 20 years old

therefore, he has nothing to do with his fathers' and he is not unhappy with his conscious.

 این جواب این معنی را میدهد که آنچه مخالفان خاندان پهلوی و یا نظام پادشاهی میگویند درست است و ایشان از خجالت,از وجدان ناراحت و از ترس از زیر جواب در میروند.

آزاده!!

خواهشمندم برای روشن شدن اذهان عمومی‌ نام چند تن‌ از این ایرانیان دلسوز و خوشنامی که حاضر به همکاری با ایشان نیستند را ببرید.

Prince of Catch-22

The propaganda machinery of the Pahlavis is at work full throttle to portray this man whose IQ is less than room's temperature as a reformed future king.

He who has never-I say never-tried to fully, and unconditionally(without if's and but's)  distance himself from the brutality and crimes of the Pahlavis' regime can only represent the tiny aging-wounded-wolf population of Iranians in L.A

He is as nobody without his Pahlavi's crimes, as he is doomed by them. 

???????

As I read the headline:

امروز هیچ ایرانی دلسوز, خوش نام و ریشه داری مایل نیست با رضا پهلوی کاری داشته باشد

I could not help but to chuckle at the fact that there has not been a "Delsooz" and "Khosh Nam" Irani in the past 32 years on the political scene.

Then I came across:

ایشان هرگز نباید فراموش کنند که اگر هنوز هم کسانی هستند که حرفهای بی سر وته ایشان که فقط بهانه هائی برای ندانم کاری و عدم اقدامات شجاعانه است

What are you smoking !!????

New era..New King!

Dear Azadeh,

Hold your horses!. The man has sacrificed all his youth for this struggle. He never wanted to be a king. Try to remember what he said time and time again. Right now he is a nationalist fighting for our freedom. When (and if) we succeed and if in the referendum PEOPLE want him as a king he may (or may not) accept it. In his place, knowing the character of us Iranians, I won't !

HE is  more brave than you and I. He has put his life, and yes his kingdom too, on line to save us from the tyrany of theocrats.

I could probably write several pages in his defence (or any other patriot like him). Let's give credit where it is due.

Your image of a solumn king is no more applicable to 21st century, we all have to change and adapt to new game rules... well, he HAS! you better catch up to him.