A good read, though I could have done without the annoying boldface font.
I know an Iranian leftist who marched with the Muslims in 1979. She said it was a euphoric experience at first, it being a true-blue revolution and all. She and her college student friends carried banners in the streets with the Muslim girls. But when they were threatened with beatings if they didn't veil their faces, the realization dawned that maybe this wasn't the progressive revolution she was expecting. Pretty soon she was fleeing the country with her family. Her father was well-placed in the Shah's oil ministry, and with the Ayatollah soon to take power he felt it best to leave for the States while he still had his head.
the annoying boldface comes from my lack of ability to change HTML code, certainly in a long article. I copy the article off the original site and get whatever was there. Hope you can put up with it.
Looks fine on http://www.antimullah.com where different colors provide emphasis and change of pace but it's all black bold when transferred.