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اه...اين سخنراني تازه اعلا حضرته ؟ترو خدا  نيگاه...!باز ايشان پيام داد و من جا موندم...!
محمد رضا از خانمها نگه كي بگه پس؟بيچاره فرح !چقدر محمد رضا اين اخريه سر زنش رو شيره مي مالوند.طلا خانم رو ميگم...

Mr. Kaveh: Are there any

Mr. Kaveh:

Are there any books in English that describe Iran's standings economically (infrastructures, schools, hospitals, etc. GDP, Income per capita, etc.) and socially before the Pahlavis?? Thanks.

What's Really Sad,

is that after all of these monarchs, and after 30 years of living under the iron turban of the mollahs, the fact remains that Mohammad Reza Shah overestimated the people's ability to get out of the dark ages.

People whose existence had always been hand to mouth, living day by day could not possibly understand the first rule of economic growth. All economies have one point of origin, and trickle down the socio-economic ladder from there. The higher socio-economic classes benefit initially, enabling them to create business, and create jobs for the next class, who in turn circulate it downward to the next level, and so on.

The monarchy was far from perfect, and had many, many flaws, and accountability was not present when it should have been.

But the Shah felt that Iran deserved better than to be just another backwards country. He felt that Iran deserved more. 

I would hate to think he was wrong about that.

Nader: It is precisely the

Nader: It is precisely the opposite.

When the Shah thought the country is able to stand up on its own from the backwardness and economic devestation that the Quajar dynasty, occupation of Iran by Russian troops,etc. had inflicted on Iran, he decided to stop "kissing the West's Ass" by confronting OPEC and Criticizing the Zionist. And that is precisely why the West orchestrated the velvet revolution of 1978. Please read this book. Every single Iranian should read this book,btw.

//www.amazon.com/Century-War-Anglo-American-P...

Shah's video on Zionism and Opec:

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=66-jkx36BPc

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=06Hb1S2vD8E

And tell me when the oil was discovered in Iran by a Biritish scientist in 1920's, do you really think we were in any shape technologically and economically to build our own infrastructures to extract the oil.

To this date, We cannot build our own refinaries (hence, the oil rationing) and have to depend on Western companies and Russians who milk us for everything we've got because we have no other choice but to depend on their technological know-how. We still can't refine our own oil and what we have is from the Shah's era built by the Westerners.

This anti-imperiliasit bogus arguments are nothing but to justify our own failures as an Islamic civilization. We need to wake up from our denial and take responsibility for our own actions.

And no, I don't want moarchy back in Iran. But please don't be so intellectually lazy and emotional.

I wasn't even alive during the revolution but since I have researched extensively to find out what really happened.

Nader and like...

Likes of me defending shah are not shahollahi, but responsible iranollahi, facing realities as they were, rather than as wished them to be. People of iran had a choice better than shah (bakhtiar) and after decades of screaming against dictatorship of shah, ALL from left to right, from intellectuals to intelligent university students, ALL thought that they had the answer and that the answer was that shah must go, and none could see what was coming when they bowed to khomeini and lined up behind him until it was too late.

My point is:

(1) Those who still consider shah a bad choice for his time need to offer an alternative that could rule iran. And please do not talk about mosaddegh as he is praised like any other ineffective dead iranian shia emam. There were only 3 choices: shah, bakhtiar, and khomeini. And all those arrogant know-it-all revolutionaries, left, right, and intellectuals, chose the worst amongst those 3 choices.

(2) We need to discard this culture of blaming others for every failure. Shah is responsible for any failures of his time (as well as any achievements), but there were 15 million others who are to blame for all that happened in February 1979. WE, collectively made the wrong choice and cheered even when khomeini was murdering OUR youth by hundreds each day. WE should take responsibility of selling a modern-day dictator (shah) to buy a 1400-year old dictator (khomeini). We did not read his books (tozihol massael or velayate faghih) while lots of university students were showing off of having read Mao's red book. WE need to abandon the culture of blaming others, let it be foreigners or the shah. Had we been wise, neither could have influenced our determination few times when we had the chance to improve our lives in the past century. Shah is to be credited and blamed for his time, but that is all. He was not responsible for either what was before him or after him, in both cases we the iranians had a lot to do with the wrong choices that we made. WE need to take that responsibility rather than keep blaming the shah for eternity as excuse for justification of our continued failure in making a decent country for our citizens.

Back then we were years

Back then we were years ahead of our time in that region. remember Dubai back then? it was pretty much nothing, we were decades ahead of all these Arab countries in the region because of Shah and his vision for Iran, now we are decades behind. Same goes with the women rights and human rights in general in Iran.

The best defense for Shahollahies...

The best defense for Shahollahies is to compare themselves with Hezbollahies every time they are cornered!

Open your eyes and see why we are in this mess to begin with!?

Our "dear" dictator was so involved with kissing West's behind that he forgot about a "tiny" situation taking palce in his own backyard!

Island of stability my foot. He dropped the ball for all of us.

Now go back and keep comparing him with the current regime, MKO traitors and the rest of incompetent opposition. Like there is a difference!!

Yeah, he was the man!!

Too bad CIA was not available this time around to rescue his royal tooshie!

Amnesty International Urgent

Amnesty International Urgent Action

Fear of Imminent Execution
Shahrbano Nedam (f), aged 50
Tayebeh Hojjati (f)
Akram (f), aged 35
Soheila (f), aged 28] full names not known to Amnesty International
Zahra (f), aged 30]

According to the newspaper E'temad, at least two women are scheduled to be executed in Evin Prison in Tehran on 5 March. Three others are at risk of imminent execution. All five women were convicted of murdering their husbands and sentenced to qesas (retribution in kind).

//www2.amnesty.se/uaonnet.nsf/senastezope/C2E...

Why so much husband killings? Because the age of marriage is 9 or 13 (legal pedophilia according to sharia law) and these poor women end up marrying much older men because of poverty.

"See Husband-killing on the rise in Iran. Also read the stories of some of these women here on the Amnesty International site.

Shahla Moazami, a criminologist in Iran, performed a conclusive research in 2003 on the topic of "spouse-killings". These were her findings:
"From her interviews, Moazami found a clear and common pattern in the stories of the female killers. The women married young, often 12-14 years old, and they had from 5 to 7 children. At the time of the murder their average age was 29 years old. Many of them tell that their husband had lost interest in them, and they felt that their beauty was fading.

When a new man takes an interest in them, they fall easily for him. The law gives women few possibilities to get a divorce, and the murder of the husband is planned and done together with the new boyfriend. Only 33% of the women did the killing on their own. Moazami also found cases where women, sometimes with the assistance of their daughters, killed a violent husband.

Moazami thinks there are several structural causes to spouse killing. She mentions poverty, illiteracy, traditional opinions and Iranian women's position in marriage and society. Young marriage age is also important. Moazami thinks that the women were too young to understand marriage when they married at 12-14 years old, and it was difficult for them make their own demands." Source: Norwegian Information and Documentation Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research: MUCH MORE:

//iranian.com/LeilaFarjami/2006/October/M...

Dorood bar Ravaneh Paakeh Aryamehr

Dorood Bar Ravaneh Paakhe Shahanshahe IranZamin - Shahanshah Aryamehr BozorgArteshdaran. 30 years after Iran fell into the hands of the Islamic occupiers the propaganda machine against the late Shah of Iran has not seized to blurt out their falsehoods and fabrications. Father, rest in peace for we are awake to defend the honor, progress, and prosperity which you brought your motherland. Be kooriye cheshmane doshmanane Iran-Zamin va Shahanshah Aryamehr.

Bedaaneem, Beandeesheem, Bepaakheezeem!
Beedari, Paaydari, Peeroozi!

//aryamehr11.blogspot.com/

Unfortunately, many still

Unfortunately, many still parrot the 3-decade old propaganda against the Shah almost reflexively. That is how well-orchestrated the propaganda must have been. I can't help it but to admire those in charge of manufacturing the propaganda pieces.

The Shah did not have much of a propagnada machination in place and did not spend much on it unlike what IRI's vast propaganda and spy network apparatus across the globe.

Rest in Peace

Shah, rest in peace buddy. You are better off not to see what became of Iran under the Akhondha.

What is this...

What is this reality that commenters claim that he was out of touch with?

is it that he was out of touch with the reality of what mullas (from khomeini to khamenei), leftists (from kianouri to rajavi), and pseudo-intellectuals (from doctor yazdi to doctor ahmadinejad) had planned for take-over of iran.

He is gone for ever, but we must stop lying for the sole sake of demonizing him before we realize the realities of iran where people had a better choice (aka bakhtiar) but were not ready for it. The same people, 98% of whom voted for islamic republic, were screaming that he was too progressive, as they chose a 1400 year old mulla raised in Qom and trained in najaf and his equally antiquated ideology to decide their destiny. Is that the reality that you are all referring to? Or is it more precisely the realities of majority of revolutionaries who complained about azadi-zanan and eslahate-arzi and free education for all and ...?

I wonder what happens if people of iran are given a choice for their tomorrow. What would people choose if they can choose for a single day between shah's regime of 1978 and islamic regime of 2008, with no other choice available? What do you think the majority of iranians would like their tomorrow to look like, that of under the dictatorial shah or under the islamic republic?

CDT ;; thanx for the piece

CDT ;;

thanx for the piece of the interview with Oriana .

your timing is great, lol, it really shows that Shah had a double standard. I am printing it once more , just for those Saltanat talab , who are so blind taht can't see the facts.
one of them this guy who put this video here.
I have seen it before but was interesting to read it too.
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Shah's views on Women:

Oriana Fallaci: I am beginning to suspect that women have counted for nothing in your life ...

Mohammad Reza Shah: Here I am really afraid you’ve made a correct observation... women are important in a man’s life only if they’re beautiful and charming and keep their femininity and... this business of feminism, for instance. What do these feminists want? What do you want? You say equality. Oh! I don’t want to seem rude, but... you’re equal in the eyes of the law but not, excuse my saying so, in ability.

Oriana Fallaci: No, Majesty?

Mohammad Reza Shah: No. You’ve never produced a Michelangelo or a Bach. You’ve never even produced a great chef. And if you talk to me about opportunity, all I can say is ‘are you joking? Have you ever lacked the opportunity to give history a great chef? You’ve produced nothing great, nothing! ... You’re schemers, you are evil. All of you.[

A Note to Remember for History: Beware of Kiss (Lab)

I would say .., this is only a working hypothesis...say ... If the United Stated took her course, like shah of Iran, toward her demise and into the oblivion while being on the top of its game it is not becasue of this or because of that but becasue of the improper "Kissing" when kissing was altogher not permissible under the existing conditions ... And I don't care if the crude oil was already sweet and tender right out of the well shooting...as if it was pouring down from heaven as the rain of mercy in pirity for humanity.
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First thing first!

The Shah did not stone

The Shah did not stone anyone and I don't think pedophilia and polygamy were legal in Iran as they are now under the corrupt, immoral, and parasitic leadership.

No Dictator!

Good to see the dictator overthrown!
All we are suffering NOW is because of this nasty dictator and his dynasty.

But: The Politics of Posturing

... I would say ... let's admit it ... it is a great speech... all the up and down tunes are observred during the speech while well caliberated with proper timing for pausing between words and sentences so the ideas could sink in...

But!

There is no need for the majesty to lock his hands behind his rear with his head up when everyone else is under him listening...

VISIONARY

He knew exactly what the Ayatollahs and their communists lackeys wanted to do with Iran. For those who do not understand what he is talking about, he says Islamic fundamentalist and leftists alliance intend to convince mothers of the country to teach the ideology of death to their children. Is this not what the Islamic regime has been trying to do for the past thirty years. Is this what some people on this thread refer to as delusional. At least be honest with yourselves.

Hey, Anonymo, first spell,

Hey, Anonymo, first spell, then write, it is zombie not zumbi. If you need to criticize, do it with civility. I guess people like you deserve what you are getting now. ENJOY!

Delusional !!

The fellow looks like a zumbi!!
No idea that there is something called reality out there!

From la la land straight to HELL!!

Nice Glasses!!!

Shahanshah was correct!

Women seek equality, and rightfully so, but there are many women that don't want to put the effort into obtaining it. Nothing has ever been handed to any of us, and women shouldn't think that they're entitled to any special dispensation, as so many do.

Completely out of touch with reality!

No wonder he was overthrown!A dictator is a dictator no matter in what attire!

By the way, he was a womanizer indeed.

He talks like Khamenei

Especially when he talks about the "enemy". I don't see much different b/w this speech and other mullah speeches.

Correct date

According to the narrator, the date is 8th of Esfand, the year 2536 (1356), around March 1st, 1978. 

This is less than year before he left the country for good.  As customary for the ones that came before him, he is either ignorant or out of touch.  How could he have not known that the pot was boiling and the volcano was about to erupt?

Shah's REAL VIEW on women

Shah's views on Women:

Oriana Fallaci: I am beginning to suspect that women have counted for nothing in your life ...

Mohammad Reza Shah: Here I am really afraid you’ve made a correct observation... women are important in a man’s life only if they’re beautiful and charming and keep their femininity and... this business of feminism, for instance. What do these feminists want? What do you want? You say equality. Oh! I don’t want to seem rude, but... you’re equal in the eyes of the law but not, excuse my saying so, in ability.

Oriana Fallaci: No, Majesty?

Mohammad Reza Shah: No. You’ve never produced a Michelangelo or a Bach. You’ve never even produced a great chef. And if you talk to me about opportunity, all I can say is ‘are you joking? Have you ever lacked the opportunity to give history a great chef? You’ve produced nothing great, nothing! ... You’re schemers, you are evil. All of you.[

Thank you for sharing!

But, this is too sad to watch...especially in light of what came about 3 years after this speech was given.