From Newsgroup: alt.politics.usa
https://www.foxnews.com/media/exiled-iranian-crown-prince-appeals-trump-iran-protests-mark-defining-moment
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His daddy was rudely deposed by Islamic extremists.
Sorry, Daddy HAD become something of an asshole, but
nothing compared to the fanatical ayatollahs.
Iran, at the time, was caught in the middle of the
Cold War, similar to Iraq. There was a contest
between pro-Soviet and pro-Western interests, and
the western interests were willing to do most
anything to keep these countries from falling under
Soviet control. The Soviets had their own hard-ass
agenda too.
Iran ... the goal was to oust the pro-western Shah
by whatever means. The more they pressed the more
paranoid and ruthless he became. When the Islamists
arrived he was weak, had to flee.
Of course the younger Pahlavi thinks HE is the
rightful ruler.
Don't think that's gonna happen.
The best outcome is a DEMOCRATIC(-like) govt
in Iran ... no ayatollahs, or shah's, ruling
everything.
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