QuaziMoto

I was thinking on the way to work today and asking the question “How much of a revolution is Irans current regime different from the Shah’s regime?” and I had a tough time answering that question.

On one hand Iran was ruled by the Shah, a dictator.

Iran is now ruled by another dictator, Ali Khamenei.

The Shah of Iran was seen as a puppet of the west, namely the CIA and United States. while Ali Khamenei is clearly a puppet of the of Islam (which cannot be held accountable the way ‘the west’ can).   So both are puppets in essence.

The Savak or Iranian Secret Service was the Shah’s tool of choice for the oppression and subjugation of political opponents.

The Basij (i think) now take on that responsibility for the sake of oppressing opposition to Islam.

So from my point of view, and as an outsider, its seems to me that this revolution wasn’t very revolutionary and has in fact simply replaced one dictatorship with another.