Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Quotes
We wish to avoid at all costs the recurrent experience in some democratic countries where the people give the governments the opposition
The irony was that the Shah was overthrown by a population whom he had tried to control and deny basic freedoms. However, after he was overthrown, the Iranians ended up with a dictatorial fundamentalist Islamic theocracy. They had gone from the frying pan into the fire—from the absolute rule of the civil Shah to the absolute rule of the religious Supreme Leader.
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, 1919-1980, Shah of Iran, View of Western Democracies
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He cited as an example the death of Dmitri, the youngest son of the Russian Czar, Ivan the Terrible, who many believe was murdered by his own father.
She was particularly critical of some of the current conservative politicians who were advocating retaliation against the judiciary because judicial decisions thwarted some of their fundamentalist preferences and preferred policies.
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, also known as Mohammad Reza Shah (محمدرضا شاه), was the last Shah (King) of Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow in the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979. Due to his status as the last Shah of Iran, he is often known as simply the Shah.
