My father voluntarily left the country to avoid bloodshed. He ordered the Army not to engage in skirmishes with the population. The transition happened rather peacefully. The difference now is the regime is calling on all possible coercive forces including civilian guns-for-hire. They are trying to hang on more violently as we go along. But despite the crackdown, you must admire the degree of discipline for people not to retaliate with violence. That's amazing.


As quoted in Iran's Royal Opposition, The Daily Beast, Feb 10, 2010.

Reza Pahlavi Quotes

My father voluntarily left the country to avoid bloodshed. He ordered the Army not to engage in skirmishes with the population. The transition...

My father voluntarily left the country to avoid bloodshed. He ordered the Army not to engage in skirmishes with the population. The transition...

My father voluntarily left the country to avoid bloodshed. He ordered the Army not to engage in skirmishes with the population. The transition...

My father voluntarily left the country to avoid bloodshed. He ordered the Army not to engage in skirmishes with the population. The transition...