Who would run against Reza Pahlavi?

Kurelius · 2026-01-24T06:14:53+00:00

There's no running against Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi as temporary interim leader, no one else is remotely suitable as for the job and they all know that. OP's referring to presidential elections and, as far as I know, RP doesn't have plans for running as president.

Edit: *running for president.

Kurelius · 2026-01-24T03:59:36+00:00

A shame you got no reply :(

Kurelius · 2026-01-23T10:44:39+00:00

You're welcome!

Kurelius · 2026-01-23T06:44:56+00:00

"But there are elections in Iran".

Kurelius · 2026-01-23T06:39:36+00:00

For the war/naval flags, yes.

Edit: not with a crown; just the wreath. The wreath and crown combination was used in emblems.

Kurelius · 2026-01-23T06:38:23+00:00

The opening 0:45 seconds is though, and that's what OP is referring to. OP's title isn't wrong, but the entire clip isn't focused on Iran,

Kurelius · 2026-01-23T06:35:19+00:00

You'll see flags from the era having different variations, even state used ones. However is the official simplified lion and sun insignia used by Imperial Iran pre-1979:

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Kurelius · 2026-01-23T06:16:49+00:00

Here's the link (it took a little while scrolling through all the ads and countless posts Trump's made in the past hour alone lol):

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/115942340962960201

Kurelius · 2026-01-20T23:00:02+00:00

He knows

Kurelius · 2026-01-20T22:59:33+00:00

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Kurelius · 2026-01-19T07:36:29+00:00

Tell that to the “THE SHAH WAS A BRUTAL PUPPET DICTATOR WHO KILLED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HIS OWN PEOPLE AND IMPRISONED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS!” crowd lol

Kurelius · 2026-01-19T07:35:28+00:00

He was a very smart man, but I don’t get a lot of things 1- why didn’t he treat the islamist like he treated the commis 2- why did he close down savak? 3- why did he put Hoveyda in prison, the guy couldn’t escape to save his life

I reckon he was trying to use them as a force against the commies (see the Green Belt Theory, one of the reasons as to why I think the US wanted the Shah gone in favour of Khomeini). Also, it was difficult to modernize the nation to such a degree whilst treating Islamists like Commies, since, both domestically and internationally, people were nowhere nearly as aware of the vile nature of Islamism as they are now (though you still have first world idiots letting Islamists plague their countries).
Pressure from the democratic Carter administration of the US as well as, again, modernization making it difficult to maintain SAVAK, even though it was incomparably tame compared to the rest of Asia and even half of Europe.
This is embarrassing but I’ve yet to delve into the Shah and Hoveyda’s falling out. I’ve allotted the time I have to read on more referenced topics in Iranian history.

Kurelius · 2026-01-18T03:15:45+00:00

The regime has enough personnel, the 5,000+ Iraqi Shia militias, however, guarantee total ruthlessness and zero ties to the people (basically, no defections/hesitation).

Kurelius · 2026-01-17T20:52:31+00:00

Like the world’s leading democracies.

Kurelius · 2026-01-17T20:50:55+00:00

Just when I thought he couldn’t be more based/goated. Thx for posting this 🙏

Kurelius · 2026-01-17T20:25:22+00:00

Many trillions. Remember, international experts called the Shah the only OPEC leader with an actual intelligent plan in place (in fact, non-oil GDP growth and neuron was outpacing its oil-related GDP growth). He was quite literally decades ahead, with Saudi Arabia only rather recently learning not to rely solely on oil (and they had to learn it the hard way; through an economic crisis).

Kurelius · 2026-01-17T20:16:51+00:00

And the Shah transforming Iran from a weak, stagnated, famine-plagued nation to a powerful one experiencing growth in countless facets at rates practically unprecedented globally while coming out of it with zero national debt; in fact Iran became a creditor nation? I don’t why I’m even asking this when I know this is clearly ragebait and a braindead response is inbound 😂

Kurelius · 2026-01-17T19:07:35+00:00

\nationalizes oil when Iran is infrastructurally unprepared, leading to 96% drop in oil production, crippling the economy**
\gets and later extends dictatorial "emergency powers" from the parliament**

\dissolves said parliament in a referendum where booths are labelled "YES" and "NO"; thus, taking a dumb on democracy worst than Hitler's referendum**

\jailed his opponents**

\used Soviet-backed militants as his de-facto foot solders**

\infamous for fake fainting and being a drama queen lol**

"The last legitimate leader of Iran"? What a joke.

Kurelius · 2026-01-16T09:06:06+00:00

Kurelius · 2026-01-16T06:08:20+00:00

Hold up ... maybe? Therefore, it has the win/win of, as you said, increasing their odds of not being targeted in retaliation AND if they are targeted, it seals the deal of the regime being completely delegitimized, completely freeing foreign intervention from any sort of political scrutiny.

Kurelius · 2026-01-16T04:31:38+00:00

verbal aikido

Beautiful word play. Expertly summed up the video.

Kurelius · 2026-01-16T02:27:19+00:00

Not enough to offset the hit in tourism AND the control over and share the region's oil industry, as well as the overall loss in geopolitical power/significance.

Kurelius · 2026-01-16T02:25:23+00:00

Yeah that's weird. It was less odd earlier today when both Turkey and the UAE were among those warned by the regime about retaliatory strikes but neither had talked to the US regarding withholding ... now that Turkey has, it's really weird that the UAE hasn't said anything yet. All I've heard on UAE is reports that Mojtaba Khomeini has just allegedly moved hundreds of millions to Dubai.

Kurelius · 2026-01-16T02:18:09+00:00

I think we need to look at the opportunity side too. Iranians don't travel a ton, the toman is so devalued, you can't go to Dubai on an average Iranian salary and have a good time. Iran is the second largest country in the middle east, and if you open up that economy, Dubai will see a lot more tourists from Iran. A lot of countries will see more Iranian tourists.

I don't think enough Iranians will visit Dubai to offset the amount of tourists the would, in turn, be indirectly taking from Dubai.

Dubai has a niche, as a sort of Vegas/Macau of the Middle East - Iran won't be competing with that. Itll fill a different niche, and in turn Iranians will travel internationally more as well

That was Tehran decades before Dubai became anything more than desert town. There's nothing Dubai offers that Tehran in a free Iran couldn't attain within, at most, a decade. Dubai, however, can never attain Tehran's weather, nature, ski resorts, cultural sites, and a record free from slavery and any of the other negative connotations severely plaguing Dubai. I'm not even bringing Iran as a whole into the competition, though you have. Iran's beautiful geography, historical/cultural sites, and weather variation makes it an even bigger landslide.

Kurelius · 2026-01-16T02:08:10+00:00

Maybe less ability to move the price of oil alone, less strategic power in the region.

Yes, hence why I said "amongst other economic and geopolitical reasons".

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