They want liberalization! I'll give them liberalization. I'll loosen the screws until the Americans beg me to tighten them again. - Mohammad Reza I of Iran

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They want liberalization! I'll give them liberalization. I'll loosen the screws until the Americans beg me to tighten them again.

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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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Who are they to try me? They should be tried first. [They are] people who are rejecting the United Nations resolutions, who are rejecting the Hague Court resolution, who are rejecting the world public opinion, who have no respect for any internation law, and who are massacring people, executing people, just imprisoning thousands and thousands and thousands without any reasons. Who is going to try them?

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... the Saudis have never shown any respect for human rights, either now or in the past. Even a petty burglar faces having one of his hands chopped off. The liberal press in America prefers to ignore all this, although they don't hesitate to blacken the reputation of Iran.

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