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dinogreeves, you're wrong about the Shah. You're right that the Iranian theocracy is a pox on the world, but your overly judgmental view of the Iranian people in your repeatedly saying "they can be bought and sold" is wrongheaded, and surely reveals what appears to be a deep-seated bigotry toward them, rooted in the fact the Shah was some friend of your family and the Iranian people got rid of him.

If you dismiss the brutality of the Shah's SAVAK as him 'flapping his wings too much', then you would also have to dismiss the present day brutality of the MOIS as just some Sheik's flapping their wings too much.

The Evolution of Iran’s Intelligence State: From SAVAK to MOIS

By Amineh Qaraee Published On: February 14, 2025Categories: NEWS

[...]

The current MOIS was built
on the backbone of the Shah’s brutal SAVAK. Former high ranking SAVAK officials were the first to fill the ranks of the infamous Iranian Ministry of intelligence which has carried out countless terror attacks across the world. #Iran #IranRevolution… pic.twitter.com/o1qbTBkNrB

— Facts on Iran (@FactsOnIran) June 16, 2023

https://mek-iran.com/2025/02/14/the-evolution-of-irans-intelligence-state-from-savak-to-mois/

And consider that after the election of Trump you could just as well, with as much truth, say the American people "can be bought and sold." And thanks to Hitler and Mussolini you would have to include the German people and the Italian populations in your condemnation too. Wouldn't you have to?