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 "o… - Mohammad Reza I of Iran

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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.

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About Mohammad Reza I of Iran

Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi (Persian: محمدرضا شاه پهلوی, pronounced [mohæmmæd-rezɒː-ʃɒːh-e pæhlæviː]) (26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980) was the Shah of the Imperial State of Iran from 1941 until he was deposed in 1979 by the Islamic Revolution. He died in exile in Egypt.

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Native Name: محمد رضا پهلوی‎
Alternative Names: Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavī Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Shah of Iran Moḥammad Rezā Shāh Shah of Iran Muhammed Reza Pahlavi Mohammed Reza, Shah of Iran Pahlavi Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Mohammedreza pahlavi
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At no time during my reign were there more than 3,164 so-called political prisoners, most of whom were terrorists. Since February, it is certain that tens of thousands of men and women have been arrested and imprisoned under frequently inhumane conditions.

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