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[MARC] It's often forgotten in the west that the 1979 Iranian revolution that removed the western-leaning shah from power was driven by leftists and communists as well as Islamists, and many of the top musicians in Iran were part of the revolutionary Chavosh (Herald) movement that sought a return to Persian musical traditions in the face of the Shah's westernisation. Most of the premier league of Iranian musicians - Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, Mohammad-Reza Lotfi and Hossein Alizadeh - performed a celebrated concert soon after the revolution in Tehran's Azadi (Freedom) Square.

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[Untitled] cyrusfarivar.com » Blog Archive » » Notes from Iran, Pt. III: (I wonder if Carter has any desire to return to Iran since his ill-fated trip here on New Year’s Eve of 1978, shortly before the Shah’s regime came suddently crashing down.) It’s almost as if Reza Shah’s grandson is going to come .

[Untitled] Bush, Iran, and reality | Crooks and Liars: The dawn of democracy in Iran, started in late 1880, flickered by democratically elected Mossadegh, was extinguished. This was the beginning of Iranian servitude once more to the interests of England and the United States.

[Untitled] dwarbi's roof: The Mary Murray & The Shah of Iran's Yacht: The shah's boat was brought there MANY years after the marina was closed down, it wasn't left there from when the marina was working. It was purchased by the same gentleman who owned the ferry ( and the marina ).

[Untitled] Harry’s Place » Is Durham University Partnering with the Islamic ...: In essence, the imperialism of the mullahs is based on their assumed legitimate leadership in the Islamic world, as opposed to the imperialism of the Pahlavi Shahs which was based on Aryan supremacism (and which antagonised the Arabs and limited Iranian influence). The regime still, nonetheless, regards Bahrain as a province just as China regards Taiwan as a province and that eventually it will be won back and will rejoin the fatherland - in the process, enhancing Iran’s control over the Gulf’s strategic and economic resources (which is its real motive).

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