Shah's Last Interview

With David Frost, Panama, January 1980

18-Jun-2011
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Amirparviz were you born after 1979?

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Because unless you were in you infacy in those years you must have heard about political prisoners being executed. They were not killed for their sexual desires. They were killed for their political thought. So much for freedom so much for thought,

 For an Islamic democracy


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So long as people seek an islamic democracy

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they still need IRI.

Shah believed in freedom of thought for all people/ie chose any religion freely and no religion in govt, ie secular.

 


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Bavafa haven't they been repressed enough?

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How much more the Iranians (not those in the US like yourself) must be repressed under the anti-Islamic Republic to break even with the Shah's repression. I think the break even point was passed decades ago brother.

 For an Islamic democracy


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The longer Iranians live under IRI repressive regime

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The less Shah's regime seem repressive.

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salman farsi

The Shah was a staunch Shi'a

by salman farsi on

though a little delusional.

 For an Islamic democracy


amirparvizforsecularmonarchy

34.00 Folly de Grandeur question edited

by amirparvizforsecularmonarchy on

there is one version where in his answers, he says 

yes I could see how someone might think I would be able to make a 'folly de grandeur' but look at my record and that of our autocratic system of government, we never invaded iraq, or Afghanistan.

That was the most perfect response I have ever heard him give on any subject.

Because 32 years later the USA has invaded and occupied both countries, unlawfully, in a total 'folly de grandeur' and proven before history that their system of government makes mistakes that even the autocracy of the shah did not.


amirparvizforsecularmonarchy

Khomeini Forces Torrent of often and ludicrous propaganda

by amirparvizforsecularmonarchy on

24.00 is a great part regarding stating the obvious.

venom of bbc, part of organized world propaganda against his govt and Iran.  Khomeini himself was not planning and paying for all this.

palestinian training grounds for basiji terrorists spent $250 million dollars to train killers in libya. 

pity shah was not aware that the cancer he and members of his govt had passed away from, was not natural and also planned by the same organization that funded and organized Irans Regime change and his down fall.


amirparvizforsecularmonarchy

13.30 says When torture had absolutely stopped

by amirparvizforsecularmonarchy on

He says 1976. I heard from Former agents 1966, maybe he made a mistake on this interview.

He says figures of investigated torture crimes were in stances were even not in the hundreds.  In the case of human beings even 1 is too many based on our code of principals.  3200 total political prisoners, that were mostly classed terrorists.

Compare that record to the USA or USSR.

He says on corruption... The reason we never denied allegations against us was because it was our policy to never respond to trash.  Which in terms of speaking with Iranians of that generation basically means talking very very little. : ) poor guy.

 

 


amirparvizforsecularmonarchy

Shia Islam's too corrupt.

by amirparvizforsecularmonarchy on

Did you ever wonder how can any society, like Shia Iranians today could be so lacking in the qualities of painful
remorse regarding their own mistakes, so as to have not started on
mending their own character (one main source of their mistakes) and
started resolving a situation that they clearly had a hand in creating
32 years ago and occured as a direct result of the flaws of their
character?

Due to the corruption of our religous authorities and their lack of concern for honesty, freedom and justice we have a human rights nightmare today and have lost the one institution that was serving us, the monarchy.


amirparvizforsecularmonarchy

USA/UK/FRANCE/GERMANY not Serious about Human Rights for Iran.

by amirparvizforsecularmonarchy on

This is a Great Quotation Regarding the Islamic Revolution of Hezbollah From the King.

First of All who are they (Shia Clergy/Mollahs) to try me?  They should be tried first.  If we have a serious world (regarding the subject of justice), people who are rejecting the United Nations Resolutions, who are rejecting the Haig court resolution, who are rejecting the world public opinion, who are... uhhh .. who have no respect for any International law and who are massacring people, executing people, just imprisoning thousands upon thousands upon thousands, who is going to try them?

How can we ever forgive the USA/UK/France/Germany???????

 


Nader Vanaki

پندار نیک

Nader Vanaki


یه چیزی بگو که به عقل بیاد و یه خورده هم به جایگاه افراد نظر کن.  هرچه بیشتر نگاه کنی متوجه میشی که حرفهاش هنوز تازه است.  آرزوهای کودکانه بگذار کنار و خوب گوش بده.


amirparvizforsecularmonarchy

Shah is My Hero. What a great human being.

by amirparvizforsecularmonarchy on

Human Rights has always been #1 for me.  Not an ideal, but a pre-requisite, to creating an ideal society.

Shah says, A King can not rule on the unsolid foundation of blood, it's a pity our people did not recognize him and listened to the mass media. 

He says if he were an ordinary citizen, he would be prepared to fight to defend the character and content of his government and it's monarchy, but that as a king he could not stay and fight or use the military to kill unarmed civilians.  Amazing distinction and principalled leadership.

Pity he could not count on his own countrymen in being as patriotic or honest as he was.  We would not have had a revolution if we had been decent from within, unmanipulatable and courageous. I think Shah's ultimately right, that would not be a freedom loving king, a king serving justice, or a monarchy built on human rights, just as his was.

 

When I speak with Savaki employees of the past who share with me that no torture was ever committed by anyone ever during the 1970's, I can say I 100% believe them.

How can I say that in the face of all the articles in western media, like Time saying savak tortured and reporting on people they interviewed that allege they had been tortured?

Well during these dark days now I have come to know both the character of both former savaki's and these IRI supporters. The pity is ... Not only do our Shia not speak up against torture, they believe in lying to attain power (ie saying they were tortured) and torturing others to maintain power.

So that is part of the reason why my assesment is not that we went from one dictatorship to another. 

I believe we lost our autocratic king to the hands of both foreign and local deceit and manipulation and replaced the shah with a dictatorship.

 


Red Wine

...

by Red Wine on

بیچاره پیرمرد...ضعف و تاثر از دیده ایشان نمایان است.کاش گولِ مذهبیون را نمی‌‌خورد و با اینان نشست و برخاست نمی‌‌کرد،کاش دل‌ به فرمانِ خلق داده بود و این چنین ایرانیان را آشفته حال، تنها در آغوشِ گرگها نمی‌ گذاشت و کاش از سرنوشتِ شاهانِ آخرِ ایران زمین عبرت گرفته و مملکت را ترک نمی‌‌کرد.

عجب مصیبتی گریبانگیرِ ایرانیان شد و عجب عاقبتی !

 


پندارنیک

I'm just saying, you know...

by پندارنیک on

 

 

Those of us who can't wait to see Khamenei being interviewd under
similar circumstances should know that the location wouldn't be
abroad.


mahmoudg

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mahmoudg


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