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The Shah is back, baby!

Make room for papa!

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by Anonymousreply 63June 19, 2025 9:23 AM

Pahlavi playin’ da long game!

by Anonymousreply 1June 17, 2025 7:48 PM

He can drop dead!

by Anonymousreply 2June 17, 2025 7:56 PM

Why do you keep posting random tweets from this weirdo, OP?

by Anonymousreply 3June 17, 2025 8:01 PM

Is Andy Warhol back, too?

by Anonymousreply 4June 17, 2025 8:04 PM

We really need to ban these X links. They're exclusively the mark of a troll at this point.

by Anonymousreply 5June 17, 2025 8:04 PM

He’s not a weirdo just because you haven’t heard of him. He’s been posting on the Ukraine War for years and has good sources.

by Anonymousreply 6June 17, 2025 8:05 PM

A lot of journalists I follow follow Sushko. That’s how I found him.

by Anonymousreply 7June 17, 2025 8:08 PM

In any case, the video is absolutely authentic.

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by Anonymousreply 8June 17, 2025 8:10 PM

Does he know the Shah is DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

by Anonymousreply 9June 17, 2025 8:11 PM

He IS the Shah now. He’s just being modest.

by Anonymousreply 10June 17, 2025 8:12 PM

Shah.

by Anonymousreply 11June 17, 2025 8:14 PM

This will be fun to watch.

by Anonymousreply 12June 17, 2025 8:15 PM

Someone should tell Trump that the Shah is living in seclusion in Paris and is willing to take over the reins of government once they get rid of the fucking religious fanatics. Bet he'd tweet it.

by Anonymousreply 13June 17, 2025 9:33 PM

Where is Toraya, the Principesa di Tiran?

by Anonymousreply 14June 17, 2025 10:46 PM

OMG he used to be fairly cute. Reminds me how old I am.

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by Anonymousreply 15June 17, 2025 11:14 PM

R15 he has a son, who I thought was rather good looking. But it's been ages since I've seen a picture.

by Anonymousreply 16June 17, 2025 11:18 PM

His father was my favorite Shah.

by Anonymousreply 17June 17, 2025 11:20 PM

R15 yeah, he hit a wall. Hard. Cute as a kid but “wow” now and not in a good way.

by Anonymousreply 18June 18, 2025 1:22 AM

Now? Well of course, he'd look simply ghastly now! The Shah has been dead since 1980. He was very Handsome in a distinguished was even as he aged. But here's a picture of his son, Reza who is now 64 years old and giving talks to Conservative Organizations in Washington, D.C. Hope springs eternal !

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by Anonymousreply 19June 18, 2025 1:31 AM

What of Her Imperial Majesty Farah Pahlavi? She is an elegant woman.

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by Anonymousreply 20June 18, 2025 1:39 AM

I met him back in the day, the early aughts and he just oozed handsomeness. In any case he's a patriot and just wants the best for Iran. He has no illusions of being back on the Peacock throne.

by Anonymousreply 21June 18, 2025 1:50 AM

Iran was actually the most progressive Muslim state in the middle east region until 1979.

by Anonymousreply 22June 18, 2025 2:16 AM

OP likes to reply to herself.

by Anonymousreply 23June 18, 2025 2:26 AM

Fuck off

by Anonymousreply 24June 18, 2025 2:36 AM

r24 Oops, You replied with your other account

by Anonymousreply 25June 18, 2025 2:47 AM

Why do these roaches always slither out of the woodwork at such times? 'Crown Prince' lol.

by Anonymousreply 26June 18, 2025 2:49 AM

Make Iran wine gain.

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by Anonymousreply 27June 18, 2025 2:53 AM

Bring back SAVAK!

by Anonymousreply 28June 18, 2025 2:53 AM

I worked with a lady who's husband was a helicopter pilot (one of many) for a member of the Shah's family.She hated living there and was rather glad they had to leave. Usually I dont believe peoples stories but she had some gorgeous things given to them by the guy her husband worked for. A huge silver service ,several stunning rugs and paintings and some jewelry . Top quality items. She showed me a bunch of pictures of the huge old house they rented and she had like 3 servants to boot. She told me there was ample notice to get the fuck out of dodge but a lot of the wealthy just didnt think they'd win. Imagine THEIR surprise !

by Anonymousreply 29June 18, 2025 2:56 AM

The US and Israel have their prepackaged and ever loyal Iranian Juan Guaidó

by Anonymousreply 30June 18, 2025 3:08 AM

Oh look, it's the Iranian Juan Guaidó.

What's he up to? Who's he hanging with?

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by Anonymousreply 31June 18, 2025 3:11 AM

R5 Links are actual violence!

by Anonymousreply 32June 18, 2025 3:12 AM

The Pavlavis raped Iran for all it was worth--shoveling money into Swiss bank accounts. The original Shah also had his guard who roughed up and disappeared the opposition.

The Shah's horrid rule is the reason there was a revolution and the religious right took power.

by Anonymousreply 33June 18, 2025 3:21 AM

[quote]Iran was actually the most progressive Muslim state in the middle east region until 1979.

It functioned on American money after the CIA overthrew its elected leader because it felt he was too close to the USSR. America pushed the progressive stuff. But, the cruelty of the Shah pushed the people to back right wingers and Iran went backwards socially.

by Anonymousreply 34June 18, 2025 3:23 AM

Oh oh, looks like the upcoming Juan Guaido Shah of Iran is actually going to be...

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by Anonymousreply 35June 18, 2025 4:40 AM

Exactly, R34. I think the assassination of Mossadegh was another one of the Dulles brothers' greatest hits., installing Shah Reza Pahlavi His first wife, Soraya, was a great beauty. They had a lavish lifestyle and courted the wealthy and powerful. Kissinger adored them and Nixon had his lips pressed against the ass crack.. Funny thing. Our own CIA was totally clueless to the fact that for months there were these demonstrations in t he streets of Tehran. The crowds kept growing. For months. And the media printed a photo of this weird looking guy called an Ayatollah with his head all wrapped, and he's standing on a balcony of some apartment in Paris and the caption said that "many" of the demonstrators were his followers. They felt the government of Iran was too secular and too corrupt. They wanted to back to a "purer " form of religious beliefs as Muslims. They wanted a caliphate. A religious state And what started as a small movement born on the campuses of the university, became a full blown movement. Our Intelligence really fucked up big time, and then Kissinger and Nixon had to figure out WTF to do with Reza and his family. So Reza who was dying of cancer was dumped on Jimmy Carter's doorstep, eventually who allowed him to get medical treatment here. Our embassy was t aken over during Carter;s presidency, but Kissinger and Nixon set him up big time.

by Anonymousreply 36June 18, 2025 4:50 AM

Carter had been President for two years when the Shah fell. Nixon had been out of office for five years. How was the Shah’s exile to the US Nixon’s fault?

by Anonymousreply 37June 18, 2025 4:56 AM

I can’t understand why “The Shah” is a person on whom you guys look back with undiluted pleasure, especially in light of, what amounted to, an ethnic cleaning of the Franistan region that he oversaw. They had been a minority tribe that predated the Persian Empire. And your beloved “shah” had the royal maharincess beheaded in front of a crowd of her horrified countrymen, most of whom soon met the same fate.

by Anonymousreply 38June 18, 2025 5:16 AM

[quote] Iran was actually the most progressive Muslim state in the middle east region until 1979.

The Shah's torturers let female prisoners wear their hair uncovered!

by Anonymousreply 39June 18, 2025 11:13 AM

Fuck the shah and his spawn. Shohreh Aghdashloo for queen of Persia!

by Anonymousreply 40June 18, 2025 11:38 AM

How time passes. I hadn’t seen a photo of him since he was a young man. Then boom! old guy.

by Anonymousreply 41June 18, 2025 12:30 PM

I certainly can, r41.

Recently had to get my state ID renewed. I looked at the picture and swore I would never look at it again.

by Anonymousreply 42June 18, 2025 12:32 PM

The Shah was a cruel ruler, which is why there was a revolution to get rid of him. He enriched himself and his family with Iran’s money. This is a big reason so many Iranians (or Persians) in the US are so wealthy yet, outwardly, seem to have jobs that wouldn’t make anyone rich.

Sadly, people always run back to royalty when governments fail.

by Anonymousreply 43June 18, 2025 12:36 PM

Kissinger begged Carter to allow the Shah in. Told Carter it was his duty and the U.S. was obligated. He was carrying a message insisted upon and encouraged by Nixon for whom he served as Secretary of State. Of course Nixon was out of office. But he started the ball rolling and it was his intelligence failure that a revolution was happening before his eyes and it was ignored and minimized by the CIA and The Shah reassured him all was well until it wasn't. The Shah was a horrible person. Vile.

by Anonymousreply 44June 18, 2025 1:41 PM

The Crown Prince is not proposing to re-establish the monarchy or to lead the government.

by Anonymousreply 45June 18, 2025 7:37 PM

I’ve always felt bad for this family. The Shah was a cruel ruler and died shortly after exile. Regan granted his wife asylum in the US and she divides here time between a garish McMansion in DC and an elegant apartment in Paris. Two of their children have died; one by suicide and one from a drug overdose.

The former Empress still insist on being called Your Majesty and many in the Iranian diaspora pay for extravagant dinners with the former royals. They think that once another revolution takes place the people of Iran will install the Crown Prince as the next Shah. I am highly skeptical this would be the case.

by Anonymousreply 46June 18, 2025 7:46 PM

The Pahlavi dynasty is only 100 years old. It's not like it was ordained by God. They're grifters and thugs.

by Anonymousreply 47June 18, 2025 8:20 PM

[quote]The Crown Prince is not proposing to re-establish the monarchy or to lead the government.

Oh, but he is.

by Anonymousreply 48June 18, 2025 11:54 PM

Argo fuck yourself!

by Anonymousreply 49June 18, 2025 11:58 PM

The "Crown Prince" is offering himself as a solution to Iran's problems. He thinks he can make a deal with the Trump people and the United States will back him. I have to wonder if he is a Friend of Putin's. This may well be the end game. Putin, as we know wants to reconstitute the Soviet Union, without communism which he felt was foolish and never really worked. And he needs stability from his clients in the Middle East. So if the puppet Crown Prince is viable it's all gonna work out fine.

by Anonymousreply 50June 19, 2025 1:54 AM

R45 Why exactly does he still call himself the 'Crown Prince' then?

by Anonymousreply 51June 19, 2025 2:08 AM

It's the Persian Spring!

by Anonymousreply 52June 19, 2025 2:17 AM

The shah was a brutal dictator. There's no chance Iranians would reestablish the monarchy if the Islamic regime collapses. This guy lives in Virginia. His mother divides her time between there and Paris.

by Anonymousreply 53June 19, 2025 2:18 AM

Oh look, it's been in the works for years.

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by Anonymousreply 54June 19, 2025 2:27 AM

[Quote] The shah was a brutal dictator. There's no chance Iranians would reestablish the monarchy if the Islamic regime collapses. This guy lives in Virginia. His mother divides her time between there and Paris.

Generations has passed since his dad was Shah. No one remembers. We elected Trump again only after 4 years

Countries often run back to monarchy when subsequent governments aren’t working out.

by Anonymousreply 55June 19, 2025 3:42 AM

Tai Shan.

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by Anonymousreply 56June 19, 2025 4:54 AM

I dislike his salt-and-pepper eyebrow game.

by Anonymousreply 57June 19, 2025 5:17 AM

The shah is back, he’s gonna save my reputation!

by Anonymousreply 58June 19, 2025 5:57 AM

Truman Capote said the Shah had a massive cock.

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by Anonymousreply 59June 19, 2025 8:51 AM

Truman Capote just had a really wide, massive asshole.

by Anonymousreply 60June 19, 2025 9:10 AM

Have the Shahs of Sunset made any statements?

by Anonymousreply 61June 19, 2025 9:13 AM

[quote] And your beloved “shah” had the royal maharincess beheaded in front of a crowd of her horrified countrymen, most of whom soon met the same fate.

Come again?

by Anonymousreply 62June 19, 2025 9:18 AM

[quote] he has a son, who I thought was rather good looking. But it's been ages since I've seen a picture.

What are your sources? Based on official sources, he has only daughters

by Anonymousreply 63June 19, 2025 9:23 AM
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