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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat Regime Change means to Iran.
Return of the Shah, as the UK and the US did in the 50s. Now our leaders are even saying it.
If you wanted everyone in Iran to fight to the death, just bring up the Shah.
tritsofme
(17,376 posts)Im not sure how salient appeals to the shah would be today, but the Iranian regime has no shortage of anti-Western propaganda.
safeinOhio
(32,673 posts)I'm sure the 30 years old have been taught in school what the Shah did and how the UK and USA staged the coup that installed him to take over the oil.
tritsofme
(17,376 posts)Those memories might be more live to them.
safeinOhio
(32,673 posts)to which would be worse. That would be the "man on the street" in Iran.
tritsofme
(17,376 posts)malaise
(268,931 posts)tritsofme
(17,376 posts)maryellen99
(3,788 posts)You would see Iranians(the ones who came to the US) begging Trump in either Persian or Arabic to liberate Iran sand reinstall Crown Prince Reza as the Shah.
safeinOhio
(32,673 posts)There is a line in the Shahs' family ready to take over. All of them live in the USA.
maryellen99
(3,788 posts)I wonder if hes met with trump,Bolton,and Pompeo?
Xolodno
(6,390 posts)Its been roughly 30 years, the royal family has no connection to the people anymore.