Iran still loves the Shah!
yesterday was the 25th anniversary of his majesty's death in Cairo in 1980.
God Bless Him!
"Iran still loves the Shah!
yesterday was the 25th anniversary of his majesty's death in Cairo in 1980.
God Bless Him!"
I recall being a young resident at Cook County Hospital in the late 70s. One of my best attendings was an Iranian doctor. He was the gentlest, sweetest man.
It was during this time that there was considerable unrest and protest against the Shah mainly coming from young intellectuals.
Life was good in Iran but it was becoming too Western too fast for some and it was ripe for the Islamists to subvert this movement and instill the need to go back to an Islamic nation.
Like any developing democracy, sometimes the freedoms are overwelming and become the undoing of a potential democracy.
I think this doctor like many other professionals had come here to become citizens but they were also deeply proud of their Iranian culture.
The fall of the Shah as I recall was greeted with cheers and support from people like him at the time. There was much anticipation of going back to those simpler times when women were put in their place, a religion was number one.
I shudder to think what he and his family, back in Iran, have had to endure all these years.
I have not seen this doctor since then but your post gladdens me to think that there are many many young people there in IRan who think good of those glorious days when they read about them and of people like the Shah and others who represented the best of the Iranian culture that has roots that go back thousands of years.
Is there any doubt in our minds how a free Iran will be treated by this president? Contrast this with Jimmy Carter and company. The Iranian people are our friends. I would fully expect them to be a close ally once again, after they throw off the yoke of the current tyranny.
BTW I enjoyed your site. You should be proud of your heritage. I pray for your safety. I don't think there is any doubt that you have the support of many Americans if and when your people rise up against your current "rulers."
Your country is collapsing from within. Your economy once among the strongest in the world is one of the weakest. Your young people, especially the young women, are not allowed to pursue happiness as we do in this country.
There are many Iranians in America and throughout the free world. They must be agonizing by what has happened in your country.
It's only a matter of time until your country will be free again.
nick