machohead16 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Few Points: The only Iranians who regret the revolution are the fantastically delusional diaspora living in L.A., not Iran. To insult the Iranian gov't as a 'parasite' or a regime is to insult the MILLIONS of Iranians who still back it. Did you say protests? Protests!? Let's be honest here: the protests were against a sitting president, not the Mullahs. If not, why root for Musavi?

yoyaya007 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@Imperialpsalm hahahaha little knowledge is dangerous man, i can t believe that you got so many thumbs up hahahaha lol the shah was the puppet of the british and the US they overthrew mossadeq cause he wanted the oil of iran to benefit for the people of iran and they put shah the bastard as his successor now get your fact straight you fool the problem is that the shah him self was overthrown and that was realy bad for the USA until now 2012...

CaptainRidley (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

GJ America for installing the Shah?

marcangeli69 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Very interesting - shame about the narrator's extremely annoying voice and his inability to pronounce Persian names properly despite seemingly making a great effort. Anyone who really wants to get an inside track on who the Shah was between 1968 - 1977 should read 'The Shah and I - The Confidential Diaries of Iran's Royal Court', written by his court minister and confidant Assadollah Alam. Unputdownable.

LimeZYX (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Why is the background music/drumming louder than the volume on the people being interviewed?

hoiiooiiooiiooiiooii (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@Mehranrokh I could tell you the same thing. ;)

Mehranrokh (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@hoiiooiiooiiooiiooii u aint worth a reply anymore. u could nt possibly be a more ignorant f***

hoiiooiiooiiooiiooii (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@Mehranrokh He had the right to kill. I think he should have killed all Iranians who protested in 1979. He wasn't given the chance. He didn't like to kill, but he had to (muslimfundamentalists, marxists, ...), he even said that when he died, his son should bring democracy to Iran.

Mehranrokh (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@hoiiooiiooiiooiiooii You are right about the oil prices but the revolution was not plotted by the West, West was just the winner of the revolution. There is no doubt that Shah cared about Iran and he raised the oil prises in 70s. However this alone could not undo the past. He came to power through foreign intervension and for illegitimate Western interests, he demolished the constitution that tens of thousands of Iranians had bled for decades agor. Dont justify a dictator and a murderer.

hoiiooiiooiiooiiooii (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@Mehranrokh "... so that they could continue stealing the oil... " the shah didn't let them steal it, he was the one who raised the prise. The revolution happened because of the West, they couldn't cope with the prices that the shah asked. If you wanna give your opinion, at least have a minimum knowledge of the topic.