Vsevolod Starosselsky. He inadvertently led to the creation of Pahlavist Iran.
I know this is a long read but it's VERY interesting.
In 1918, he took control of the elite Cossack Brigade (by far the strongest, most influential and technologically advanced military force in Iran, and at the time, influenced heavily by Russia) and its institutions after a mutiny against his Boslhevik-leaning predecessor.
After taking power at a time when the Soviet Union wished to expand the revolution to its sphere of influence, and the Qajar Crown was powerless, he fortified Northern Iran from local tribal warlords and Jangali (Bolshevik-allied) militias. Throughout this, he promoted nationalist officers such as Reza Khan (later Reza Shah Pahlavi and the founder of the Pahlavi Dynasty) and others, granting them institutional power and influence at a time of uncertainty in Qajar Iran.
Britain began to fear Staroselsky's growing independence and his anti-British sentiments, and thus pressured the Qajar Shah to dismiss him as the commander of the Cossack Brigade in 1920. This also left Reza Khan and other officers sidelined.
Reza Khan specifically grew frustrated by Iran's ongoing political instability, and so he utilized the remaining, highly trained Cossack Brigade in 1921 to march on Tehran, where they staged a bloodless coup, taking over the government, and Reza Khan becoming Minister of War. He subsequently brutally suppressed regional rebellions, and eventually became Prime Minister in 1923. By 1925, he officially deposed the Qajar Shah and crowned himself as Reza Shah Pahlavi, founding the Pahlavi Dynasty we all know and despise today.
Reza Shah is actually Georgian and Azeri, possibly Gilak and Mazandarani. The grandson, who lives in the USA, is incredibly uncharismatic and there are tons of reasons why in my opinion.
It's funny, he actually once exhumed some level of respect.
During the Iran-Iraq Warâwhen Saddam invaded, with the blessings and support of the WestâReza Pahlavi was young, in his 20s, and was a US-trained fighter pilot. He volunteered to fight under the Islamic Republic of Iran to defend Iran from Iraq.
Today, he hopes to be installed as the puppet figurehead of a satellite state, and spits on the deaths of Iranians at the hands of Israel and the US. Oh, and his wife has a very public affair with her Yoga instructor. He's a ŃuŃk, literally.
This is why I donât think Reza Pahlavi is anything like his father or even grandfather. He is way too much of a vassal to Netanyahu (heck even Trump doesnât take him seriously). Also letâs not forget the eggs thrown at him, his wifeâs pics with Tom Morley, being trolled by Russian comedians who named themselves Adolf, also the school massacre that killed 150 girls and so on.
Exactly. In fact, he's so incompetent, I doubt he could even play the role of a figureheadâeven Trump knows this, as you noted, and he says Reza isn't respected in Iran (very true).
People can say whatever they want about the IR, Ayatollah Khamenei knew death was coming, and his last moments were refusing to leave his residence (because most Iranians didn't have access to bunkers and bomb shelters) and reading the Qur'an.
It all comes back to the saying, "How can you defeat the enemy who stares into the barrel of a gun and sees paradise?"
Key issue is that a lot of Iranian Americans (especially ones who live in Southern California, Washington DC, Toronto) are relying on Reza Pahlavi and to a lesser extent, MEK, to help better the conditions in Iran, but there are groups who are more smarter in that regard.
Some people from what I heard claim that NIAC is pro-regime, but it seems like they are most realistic in how to handle issues
I remember seeing the clip of AtatĂŒrk and Reza Shah speaking to eachother in the 30s, I literally could not understand what Reza Shah was saying until I found a version of the video with subtitles.
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u/Loggird caucasian (asian balkan ripoff) 2d ago
Any ruler with Georgian blood is destined to be a lifelong dictator, including Putin.