"Iranians have a distinct talent for devising bizarre methods of punishment"

That's clearly rascist.

Quote Originally Posted by Greyblades View Post
Are we reading the same article? He's clearly saying the iranians revolted against the savak and not the mullahs because savak was much worse at suppressing dissent.
Quote Originally Posted by Kelly
it wasn’t the cruelty of the Shah, unexceptional in the region even today, that sparked the revolution, but his ostentatious corruption and, most important, his alienation of the clerical class brought on by his liberalizing and secularizing reforms which were seen as threats to Islam.

"Liberazing" usually means democratic, Kelly, not the introduction of women's bags to Iran. After all, his bias is evident when he compares the peaceful period during which Reza Pahlevi reigned, with the aftermath of the revolution, in parallel with the war status against a state that murdered PoWs, used chemical gas and genocidal methods.
He avoids to inform the reader though, that all the unexceptionally cruel SAVAK leaders available were rightfully executed by the revolutionaries...