Shah's son urges action on Iran

The exiled son of Iran's late shah on Monday called on the Bush administration to put action before rhetoric in ousting Tehran's Islamic regime, which he said has long been the source of global instability.

Reza Pahlavi, 45, the eldest son of the late Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, said Iranians are ready to actively oppose the Islamic regime of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

"What remains to be seen again is in what concrete way the U.S. administration will take the necessary steps," Pahlavi told Reuters in an interview at his home in a suburb of Washington, flanked by the Iranian flag and portraits of his mother and father, the U.S.-backed monarch who was deposed in the 1979 Islamic revolution.

http://today.reuters.co.uk/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-05-30T022154Z_01_N29370107_RTRUKOC_0_UK-PAHLAVI.xml

"Shut up, Junior! You are not the jockey on the back of the USA."

Maybe if he could put action before rhetoric himself, he would have a little bit more credibility.

I've thought to myself that Junior is going to be treated by Bushco as the Ahmed Chalabi of Iran :scared:

:evilgrin:

on the throne.

in the name of the USA.

Puppet Boy II.

there is no rhyme or reason re foreign policy

Watch it sparky-- the guillotine can still be used. You do know your dad was a sick f&*( don't you?

of anyone's take on the current situation with Iran, the Pahlavi family has got to be seen as the definition of "international sycophants".

Unfortunately, our maladministration will heed contents from people like the Shah's son, and use them to justify his decision to bomb. I see another Chalabi.

Preening royal chickenhawk that lacks the nads and money to fight for his own country.

Much more pathetic and forgettable than yer average barnyard chickenhawk.

These guys take arrogance to a whole new level.

Either that or RPG fire. SAVAK is not a dim memory for Iranians.

*nt*

Do you know that the Shah divorced two wives for not "giving" him a son? The first one had only daughters (which of course, wasn't her fault), the second one couldn't get pregnant, and the third one, who was only nineteen when the much older Shah married her, finally gave birth to the much longed-for heir.

The joke was on the Shah, though, since by the time he died, there was no more throne for his son to inherit.

I guess he figures that the U.S. would re-instate his arse.

the early bird gets to be the new puppet president

YOU would miss it too ....

Plus: Think of ALL that oil money NOT going to Pahlavi bank accounts .... and therefore NOT to the BFEE ....

Now THAT is tragic ! ... SOMETHING MUST BE DONE TO PROTECT THE OIL GRAFT FUNDS FOR THE GOP .....

We MUST attack ! .... those BASTARDS are spending BUSH's Money ....

How DARE they ..... :sarcasm:

I'd just as much take advice from Saddam's sons. This guy wants his country to be a foreign puppet again like unde dad?

.. he might well stay put. Let's just say that they ain't quite ready for Shah-Jr in Iran. Know what I mean?

BTW: I have done business with the shah's nephew (Reza's cuz), HIH Prince (Shapur) Kamyar Pahlavi in Houston. That was a trip. Prince Kamyar was a F-4 Phantom driver in the Iranian Air Force under uncle Shah.

http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/states/islamic/iran_pahlavi.html

I suppose the "action" that he wants done would involve placing him back on the throne in Iran to fuck the country just like his parents did.

And I say Chalabi,
Let's call the whole thing off.

This little shit wants the United States to overthrow the government that took over after his daddy was outed. Then what? Is he going to be setting by and ready to assume rule of Iran?


BULL SHIT

and he wants to help the US topple the Iranian government....and he will help lead the new government.

Hmmmm...this story sounds familiar....where have we heard it before.....

"when you come to think of it, it has been Tehran all along."

Funny, I could have sworn that Bush said it was Saddam in Baghdad. I need to wash out my ears.

they should be sure to take baskets in which to collect all the flowers thrown at them.

Instead of trying to get a US Administration and foreign leaders to impose his will on the people, why doesn't Reza Pahlavi have the courage to get together with other Iranian opposition parties and reformist groups and create the popular tide that is necessary for another revolution in Iran? Has he not learned the lessons from countries like Iraq of what happens when you seek to get foreigners to do your dirty work for you?

How about giving the people a say this time? And may I point out that one of the reasons that Khomeini and his fundamentalist ideologues came to power was because Reza Pahlavi's father engaged in a program of repression of dissidents and suppression of democracy until it was too late. And wasn't the elite living in luxury while the poor were growing worse? Hello, that creates the conditions for a revolution.

invited to the Yalta conference, "How many divisions does he command?" :)