“What’s even more painful was that when Radio Iran, under the Shah’s regime, announced Bahrain’s independence, the newsreader delivered the report with such pride and joy. I’m not sure what part of ...
In this regard Ayatollah Khomeini made clear his hostility to dynastic rule in Saudi Arabia, explicitly saying it was not better than Iran’s oppressive regime under the Shah. We were also interested ...
Iran is engulfed in an unprecedented state of despair. The nation is paralyzed – choked by relentless air pollution, soaring inflation, authoritarian rule, unqualified leadership, lack of ...
President Jimmy Carter, seeking reelection in 1980, was under pressure to get tough ... Prior to the late 1970s, Iran was ruled by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, a constitutional monarch who pursued ...