Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Quote

It's always a tendency to compare our country in my time to the most perfect democracies of the world. I don't mind that. But now, what we hear is "oh let's try to understand these people. After all, Islam is something special," when what they are doing is absolutely contrary to Islam. Now, everybody is trying to say "well, let's try to understand these people", these people who are killing, massacring others, the people they don't like just like flies. But in my case, it is to compare it to the most perfect government of the world.


David Frost (January 1980), The Shah Speaks


It's always a tendency to compare our country in my time to the most perfect democracies of the world. I don't mind that. But now, what we hear is oh ...

It's always a tendency to compare our country in my time to the most perfect democracies of the world. I don't mind that. But now, what we hear is oh ...

It's always a tendency to compare our country in my time to the most perfect democracies of the world. I don't mind that. But now, what we hear is oh ...

It's always a tendency to compare our country in my time to the most perfect democracies of the world. I don't mind that. But now, what we hear is oh ...