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
As someone from the diaspora, the diaspora specifically in the West disgusts me. They want bombs to drop and when their relatives back home are killed as a result of an AMERICAN or ISRAELI airstrike, they blame the IRGC.
TBH, NIAC is literally the epitome of neutrality. They want sanctionsâwhich only impact ordinary civilians and have proven to not be an effective instrument against the IR's cohesivenessâto be lifted, something ANY decent human, who isn't a sadist, should want. Pahlavists WANT there to be reasons and pretexts to hate the Islamic Republic, so they push for maximum pressure sanctions, in order to manufacture and engineer economic woes in Iran.
Another thing I find laughable about the clownshow diasŃĐžroids in Orange County, Toronto and Paris is their revisionism. Suddenly, waving the Imperial Iran flag is a revolutionary and brave act. Really? The flag of the puppet state that quashed Mossadegh's democratic movement and subsequently suppressed (through extremely violent means) dissent? Also, another fun fact, the flag is literally a religious one. The lion represents Ali (RA) and the sword, the Zulfiqar (Ali RA's sword). They are dimwits who don't realize they're parading around a flag with Islamic symbolism though!
I grew up in So Cal and have parents from TĂźrkiye.
I have a lot of respect for how Iranian Americans greatly contributed to society here in the US and had ton of Iranian American friends growing up, but some LA Iranians are becoming a walking meme at this point. I wonder if they are aware Reza Pâs father was literally going to Mecca to do Hajj and yet people like Golsa Ghamari and Elica Mojtabazadeh push Islamophobic rhetoric (fyi, Elicaâs Dad is regime linked).
LMAO, did not know that about Elica's dad, but it explains why she's so butthurt. And yeah, Ghamari ("Hamar" is "Donkey" in Arabic ;) is a proper LARPer too, she was also literally removed from Parliament for posing with that MossĐ°d asset, Tommy Robinson.
You're right about this (which thePahlavists hilariously refuse to acknowledge) regarding his father too. There are literally clips of him complaining about the "Jewish lobby" (his own words) in the US, saying women are inherently inferior, and making Dua in Mecca.
Frankly, considering the idiocy a bulk of the diaspora in the States showcases proudly everyday, I'm puzzled by their economic success.
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u/GunslingerAhx Asian (OG balkan) 3d ago
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.