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Originally Posted by Lackluster
Perhaps if you could say what you mean by such a statement, I could actually reply.
Under the Shah, though, there were around 60000 political prisoners by most accounts -- prisoners who were often tortured and/or killed.
Under the Mullahs, there are around 30000 political prisoners, and many opponants have been executed already.
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political prisoners are not nominees of opposition, at least in current Iran.
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Under the Shah, women had greater rights, while under the Mullahs they are second lass citizens.
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under the shah, we were entitled as savages by foreigners and they were payed for this, we couldn't send foreigners to trials, and we didn't have any rights at all. what you saw (or heard of) back then, were about 10% of the population, living in good conditions. PEOPLE overthrown the shah, because of the problems they were facing each day. now, girls are about 67% of those who can enter universities, and are working in almost every GO or NGO with a huge participation percent. in shah's times, we were nothing, now, we have everything, and most important of them is sovereignty, independence and freedom. revolution was not a one-day happening. people had been seeking it since mashrute (Constitutional Revolution) and gained it back in 1979.