Iran’s last Shah - the fifth estate
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- Опубліковано 7 кві 2015
- In 1975 for one of the first-ever episodes of the fifth estate, Adrienne Clarkson talked to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi the Shah of Iran about inflation in the West in the face of rising oil prices. The Shah contends that the West built itself at Iran’s expense and he is now putting things right. Clarkson raises the issues of Iran’s record with political prisoners and torture and his views on torture are unequivocal. The Pahlavi dynasty would end four years later in the wake of the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Pahlavi died of cancer while in exile one year later.
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Such an intelligent man, so few ever existed like him and his father. The world may never see like him again. What a great loss
I am from Egypt ... I love shah , Iran was great in his days
we love president Anwar Saddat too.
shukran hany for egypt to give him confort and aid and a final resting place !
very beautiful his tomb
Yes Shahanshah Aryamehr was good. 1970's Iran was going right direction, albeit with some faults / problems though.
I personally love Egypt and the Egyptian people.
love from Iran
the president anvar sadat was a true and honest friend and Iranians love him too.
I have never met this man in my life, neither was I alive when he was in charge, nor am I Iranian, but when I listen to him I get the feeling of excitement. I can’t quite explain it, but he has a certain charisma. I admire his brutal honesty, his intelligence. And do not get me wrong, I am quite content with my government but I wouldn’t mind there being a man like him to set things right every now and again. The world needs some honesty, especially now.
this is why the west and CIA overthrew him with distorting public views and their usual schemes and plotting
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and feeding and protecting the LEECH khomeini(The actually puppet) until the time of the 1979 conspiracy came around
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Every iranian alive that was a part of that dark day will tell you how much they regret that revolution, to this day that unfortunate mistake is the biggest source of regret, the new generations always criticize the generation responsible for it and no matter how sorry the generation responsible gets, its not gonna fix that mistake.
Forever and ever... Long Live the Shah
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Us Iranians are the same….the fact that all of the west united to overthrow him and bring war to the middle east is heartbreaking
Honestly, the way he carried himself, his prestige, and spoke, is unseen to this day. Not a single person of power exists today, that speak in a similar, noble, educated level. Not even the leaders of the most powerful country on the planet.
Wow, I had no idea what a well spoken, articulate, educated and wise person he was. Rest in peace, sir.
this is why the west and CIA overthrew him with distorting public views and their usual schemes and plotting
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and feeding and protecting the LEECH khomeini(The actually puppet) until the time of the 1979 conspiracy came around
As Great Statesman !
Towards the end of the interview the Shah says: ' I will be around as long as it has been written' and certainly he was right in that respect. People are still grateful for what he did for the country.
The Shah became more philosophical as time passed esp in regard to knowing more about betrayal, friendship between countries / so called allies, his time / place on this planet and that nothing lasts forever
He’s still in our hearts! RIP king 👑
@@ThePsysard great guy he made a party that was nearly a billion dollars while his people were starving wanna be like him when I grow up
@@thegamerkhan Firstly, it wasn't a billion-dollar party, it was a 600 million dollar event. Secondly, I'm pretty sure I know the video you watched to reach this conclusion, it was from the channel sidenote, and it was strongly biased. What costed 600 million dollars back then to introduce Iran to the world, and overall the western audience, now costs billions of dollars just to advertise to a smaller audience. The amount of benefit that would have been gained through tourism, interest from businessmen around the world, capital flow, reputation, prestige would far outweigh the cost. Leaders from all around the world gathering in one place, it was a major event. The coverage would boost the economy in the long run. Of course, uneducated people like you don't understand.-
@@thegamerkhan That is what the western media made you to know.
RIP my king 👑
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What happend to your special edition porschez(50th aniversery) and yellow one
Sons of the bitches trained such as bitches as the journalist 😅
Jimmy Carter should not be remembered fondly by history. His betrayal of an ally sparked the Islamic nightmare we're still dealing with today.
God I so agree with you ! What a damn shame when the Shah wasn’t allowed here in the U.S because we had such a spineless weasel for a president ! Jimmy Carter, hah, what a joke!,
@@cindyreynolds4045 vvvx,,v:::’""""*""c,xvvvv😄;
100% true...
Westeen nightmare middleeastern people are still dealing with. Thanks to China's Belt and Road now our countries are developing
@@tabrazbaloch true
I am an old white American guy but remember the Shah well. I don't know what really happened but he was an impressive figure whom I liked.
Richard Shumate in Short: the brits wanted the whole cake. Iran wanted its Share. The brits planned to overthrow the Shah. They did. khomeini came in. The Rest is history
He was also a great American puppet.
Rick Shumate Yes a very impressive man, just by the number of political prisoners he claimed he had. I I wonder what a white American guy would say if the president locked up several thousand Americans because they did not agree with his political views.
@@BAHRAMCR No he was not a puppet if he was he would not have said the things he said. He had to play into their hands after 1954 but when he felt he was secure he began to show his true dissatisfaction with the powers that were trying to control Iran.
ROB NAVAEI so why us take him down
He was too honest for the British Game
maybe too smart?
kev in British just triggered the iranians and they did the job perfectly and got fooled by that illiterate man called khomeini !
It was big mistake to give any Interview
And he had a shinebox ....
Shahanshah Aryamehr wanted an independent, modern progressive Iran. Unfortunately his so called allies US/UK wanted a remote controlled dependent colony they could exploit
As an iranian who was born in 2000 im so sorry for what happened to iran and our shah it's so sad because iran and middle east would've been so different today if that revolution never happened
your shah gone cause the majority of your people against him in 1979
@@free-peace5555 what now ???? After 43 years most of the people want a revolution and regret what they did to the shah
@@free-peace5555 No, the truth is, the majority remained silent because they were scared of Khomeini’s followers since they were armed (the weapons were given to them by UK)
@@thedadadaraindejavu8622
Let us not change the facts , nor lie to ourselves, and admit that what most of the seniors did in 1979 was a big mistake that the children and grandchildren paid for after them
@@free-peace5555 they were deceived by westerns, read history
2:07 look at Shah's response - a complete show of intelligence. He was aware of the situations elsewhere i.e. Canada - he was not an ignorant ruler that just wanted to live life lavishly without any consideration for his people, but rather the opposite. I am truly blown away but this response
His majesty was too kind!
The world has never been the same after he was overthrown. It is a shame for western countries to let a legitimate ally down in sake of cheaper oil promised by Arab countries. Iran is a victim of cold war and Shah of Iran was the last leverage to maintain the peace in Middle east and the rest of the world. Rest in Peace.
world or iran? dont think world cared besides their oil interest, the reality is the UK/US/France controlled iran and when shah didnt do what they said, he was off and replaced by Turk, Iran will never be free nation its cut wide too open by invasions from so many people genghis khan, turks, greeks, romans, british, arabs when ur conquered by so many, ur just puppet state.
+Reza Moosavi You are so right and Iran as well as the West in particular haven't finished to pay for their betrayal. The world did change forever after he left, and got what it bargained for. RIP Your Imperial Majesty.
@@rutht9667 iran isnt puppet state turkey is puppet state
It's so sad that all this was done in the name of democracy, and many Americans deceive themselves... and others, deceived by politicians
@@rutht9667 you clearly never opened a single page of history or Wikipedia :)
what a heartwrenching interview... I cannot help but love such an Iranian patriot. I just wished I could reach out, hug him and tell him how sorry I was for allowing myself to be deceived by his and our enemies. Everything he said was true but we were trained to think otherwise just as most of us do again with the IRI that has kept Iran peaceful and intact in such a violent region and all the same enemies that wish nothing but to tear Iran apart, again.
He loved Iran. it's so obvious by the way he talks about her. I wish he was still around to see the fruit of his handiwork, the result of the foundation that he laid. He wanted the best and did his best for Iran and the Iranians. But his problem was that he started to take on our exploiters to soon. He was telling the truth about the western countries and was sick and tired and hateful of being looked down at.
It is now clear that that the Zionism which he also had begun to expose thought that he was stepping over his boundaries and unseated him so unfairly and murdered him like the way they did. May his soul rest in peace and may a deserving man take his place to lead Iran into the glory it once enjoyed. Viva the heroic people of Iran and may they stand in the glory which the Shah and his alike wished for them
I am an Iranian , we really missed him , after he left our country back ward to hundred years ago
You want nuditiy in Iran , such a same
Lol that is a funny way of saying “We revolted and kicked him out”.
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Javid shah. 🟩⬜🟥🦁❤
He was a true patriot, and a threat for the ones whom want to rule the world.
No wonder they took him out.
May God bless his soul.
The shah showed more leadership than any US president in the last 40 years. Under him, Iran had one of the fastest growing economies in the world. It was literally inevitable that Iran would have become a world power under his rule if he hadn't been exiled. There's nothing you can say to change that
Dumbass Iran's economy has slowed because of sanctions, not because of the cleric leaders. They've only pushed for improvement you nut.
That's why he was betrayed. I saw an interview with him when he talked about the economy that Iran was projected to be a top 5 power and he wasn't on the Illuminati bandwagon
@@pumpkinsdontcry Illuminati bandwagon, I agreed with you until you said that nonsense. Dont be fooled by ignorant conspiracy theorists.
@Ali Haidar Khamenei isn't arab and he isn't using money on extremist groups.
He was a known dictator.
And it's s economy slowed because of US sanctions and not because of the revolution.
Look at Iran's progress from 1979 to 1990
this is what PHIL LEOTARDO was really doing during his 20 years on the can
Let me tell you a couple of three things...
Twenty years in the can.
?!
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@@DarkReaperK97 goh.cjuju lglli
😂😂😂😂 I was looking for a Sopranos comment
I’m from Afghanistan I love Reza Shah he was a great man that time❤️
His Majesty, Shahanshah Aryamehr, was a great man of wisdom and vision. So many of what his majesty says in this interview, the West simply ignored. Now we are seeing the fruits of that ignorance of the west, in the failed policies implemented by the west in middle east.RIP Shahanshah Aryamehr, you remain in our hearts and minds
Love you Shah! The country has just realized what a GOLD it has missed. Everybody is talking about you. This is just the beginning.
You should've came 50 years from now. You and your bright ideas were born too early for this planet.
We deserve this. We didn't respect you. Live long my forever King
such an impressive man. a fine representative of Persia
Wow this is one of the most honest monarchs I've ever seen.
Rest in peace, true King of Iran. Know that you are still loved, and your people believe in you. RIP Mohammad Reza Shah. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
What a true patriot!
People betrayed him and the royal family! Pahlavi era is the most progressive in the entire history of Persia!
RIP King 👑
@@ThePsysard To be honest, iran qas quite backward at that time. Their life expectancy was lower than iraq, syria and other neighbouring countries. And the literacy rate of women was not even 30%, while it is over 80% under the current regime.
@@blackflag6976 this is a logical fallacy trap most people fall into.
That rate is almost identical to the rest of the world. It's not the result of the current regime’s policies.
How do you know those numbers wouldn't be even better if Shah was still in power?
@@blackflag6976 literacy rates are higher in the entire world in the last 50 yrs. From Japan to Chile to Zimbabwe!!!!
He was too frank. And that's why the Americans and the British back stabbed him when they knew that they could not use him anymore. RIP Shenshah - if only you had ruled on. The middle east would have been a better place today
It really is an amazing and complicated story with Iran and the Shah. The social/religious aspect is the most fascinating. I understand the frustration with some aspects of western culture, the fear it brings, hoping your children are not negatively effected by it etc. But it seems the people had this knee jerk reaction to the freedom, combined with propaganda being cranked out at epic levels, and then the people embraced Islamic fundamentalism out of that fear. Would everything be perfect now with US/Iran relations if they hadn't rejected him? No. But at least there would be more talk, less violence and the people could reach for greatness with their freedom. They could have easily held on to their morality in modern times without all of the violence.
Kissinger did that....as early as 1972 and planned khomeini which is why NIXON who respected shah and hated mollahs was framed and impeached. They knew khomeini from his love letters to KENNEDY.
Are you Jimmy Carter?
But the Shah should have accepted the parliamentary system with M. Mossadegh the way the do in the UK...Queen and PM. Shah did not want to share power. Bad decision, imho.
You are totally right.
Oh, how much I'm proud of you my beloved Shah. Shame on those who betrayed your friendship, they didn't deserve it anyway. We hope to bring our monarchy. Long live the Shah. 👑
40 years has passed since my country, a 2500 years old proud monarchy, has seen a king on her throne. We Iranians never hated our kings, Always looking at them as Fathers of the nation, Protectors of this plateau, I’ve seen many a person fall in crying for this man in the video...
40 years has passed, and still people say “Rest in peace Shah” in their private.
Rest in Peace old man.. We will never forget what you did for Us!
@Yousuf Arshad The Shah for the people of his country, compulsory free education, free meals in schools, workers sharing in the profits of factories, traveling to ninety-two countries of the world without a visa, giving the right to vote women fifteen years earlier than the Swiss dollar, seven tomans in Iran's money, which was very little, and in smaller ceremonies. It would have been possible to determine the world oil price for Iran. What you say is exactly like the story of the country of sweden Once upon a time in sweden, the government did a lot of work for the welfare of its people. They don't have anything special to do, they commit suicide in a way. In fact, the Iranian revolution at that time was also a mass suicide!
This is what happens when you send your young people abroad to be educated in radical leftist education systems. They come back and overthrow you. The west is leftist educationally and leftists HATE all governmental systems that is not their own.
those bastards in UK and US couldn't digest his power and authority and brought upon us death and misery.
I'm an American and it was Carter all Carter and I still wish he was in office myself
the United States put him in power,they tried to keep him in power as well
Serbia Strong. If that was the case he would not say in 1973 in his speech that we will not renew out oil contract with the concersassion in 1979. And on the same year suddenly a revolution takes place and khomaini appears and Islam becomes the major concern ? Wow ...
Kissinger knew about Khomeini from his lover letters to Kennedy, arabs went to Americans and backstabbed Iran and its power at the OPEC, then Kissinger planned to topple shah w Khomeini as early as 1972 bc of oil embargo etc ( illuminati's orders), and NIXON who hated clergies and respected shah opposed, then THEY FRAMED HIM, showed him who is the boss, and instated khomeini in Iran 200%. All planned from years before.
well when ur puppet state of the west all u can do is bark like a dog and do what master commands you to,
I LOVE this KING the more I research on him. SHAHANSHAH ROOHET SHAAD. WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU. PEACE.
+Aryan Sassani I love him too, the propaganda against him needs to stop.
Threw him aside like he was nothing? He has a public tomb in cairo for people to honor him, maybe do some research. US provided sanctuary for his family.
Well the akhoonds don't hate the country or desire to ruin it. If they did, the country would have become worse over the decades. We've improved in every department for a civilized society.
EMPIRE STRIKES BACK he is dead but he has an alive son that was as honest as him you know that. ( and I know because I’m not Iranian myself)
@@saeedvazirian کوسکش مادرجنده
The things he is saying could be said exactly the same way today! He’s just saying it straight. I wish politicians spoke this way now.
💯 The Shah of Iran was brutally honest, so honest that it cost him his position by a few other powerful countries that were fearing the rise of his country.
What ever the Shah said about the world 40 years ago was true and we can see what,s going on.I wished we never had oil and gas.
Why?
***** I see, thank you.
I wish we never had treacherous politicians. I wish we never had self-proclaimed intellectuals who prioritize their pathetic personal ideologies over the national interests of their country. I wish we never had uneducated and naive populace who could be easily manipulated by a gang of religious hustlers.
I wish I could rewind the time and go back to those care-free and thriving years of old Iran. When all of us were full of hope. Hope for a forthcoming better Iran, a prosperous Iran which could bestow freedom, security, dignity and welfare to all of his children.
It's all over now.
I think that you put your finger on the core issue when you said " I wish we could go back to those care free days " this sums up the problem for most Iranians. They simply didn't care and took everything including their way of life for granted. When the terrorists came and poured into the streets they decided to saty home and listen to the BBC World Service and not care.
I disagree. The IRI is also one of the most decisive politicians Iran has had in centuries.
May you rest in peace my king. Iran is nothing without you.
+Dalton C. Rocha
Rocha how many times do you want to copy and paste your comment you
mullah troll??? Now this is the sixth time i have got you here on
youtube....sold your soul for a peace of bread rice and warm bed ha???
Cyrus Miller how about refuting him instead of calling him a mullah troll. These mullahs have done more for the nation than the "Shah" ever did. You seem to find someone evil if CNN tells you so, so you decide to vilify them all you like. Literally every department has seen astronomical improvement in Iran with the Islamic Republic.
dont say that, most countries in the region are in ruins, the same "friends" of the US...what are u talking about? people are more educated now, they are we traveled and they have what they need what more can Iran want?
+Sepehr Voshmgir long live islamic republic ❤
Iran is nothing without him.. that’s so right!
As a Brit I’m truly impressed by this man, this king and the high regard he is still held in.
Whilst I’m proud to be British , sometimes I think that our foreign policy was very detrimental to huge swathes of the world -
Hope the Iranian diaspora one day can go home and live in peace with your brothers and sisters without external political interference or religious dogma
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I didn't know him before and this man I am seeing was a blessing for Iranians. He stood so strong with dignity to these questions. Allah knows the best but He might be way better than those who looked religious.
He seems like a smart man. Iran was probably better off with the Shah.
Axl Young exactly
Yes Iran had many friends in the world and was well respected.
Opposite of what is today.
@Amirhossien Kouhestani
you must have been sent by mullas to talk badly about him
گورتو گم کن ساندیس خور
@Amirhossien Kouhestani
اگه شاه یک بار برد شما های گشنه پاپتی دارین ۴۱ ساله میدزدین. دهن شخص خودنم حسابی میگام ناراحت نباش تخم صیغه. ننه جونت هنوز دو مسجد کوس میده.
ریدم تو اون دینتون که جز کثافت و دزدی هیچی ازش بیرون نیامد. بچه کونی
@Amirhossien Kouhestani
ریدم تو اون جمعی که تو و امثال تو بسیجی گشنه پاپتی توش باشه. بدو برو ساندیسو کوفت کن و برو مسجد خورش قیمه رو کوفت کن چون فقط با همین چیزا شماها از این حکومت گوه حمایت میکنین
"We won't pushed around...You need to wake up to the realities of the new world..." Shahanshah Aryamehr said it very bluntly. Long live the spirit of the late Shahanshah still shining on this old civilization. The days of Ahriman will be behind us one day soon and the glory of the Persia and its lively and young generation will rise through the ashes of this historical and remarkable leader. The light of Ahura will shine on this old land one more time and Iranians will have a chance to read uncensored history lessons and will get to know their king and his commitment to his beloved country, Iran. Long live Shah, Long Live Persia
Keep dreaming dude. 80% of the spies working with America and Israel are Iranians. Persia was powerful because of the median (Kurds and Baluchs) and Bactrian (afghans and central Asian) tribes. They are now fighting against iran! Persians have no friends and it will fall!
@@tailblazer7219 Lol, the 3 Major Powers of the ancient world(Achaemenids,Arcasids and Sassainds) were PERSIANS. kurds and baluchis??? really?!? 🤣😂
@@tailblazer7219 shut it whitey
After watching this interview I’ve gained lots more respect for this men.
" You built your progress and your affluence at our expense ". So true. It still is like that to this date.
World would never see another leader like him, his heart and spirit was only his country IRAN
Ali S , then why you guys turned him down in 79 !?
@@Yoyo_beasst we didn't do that Sir! this is what British and American ( Jimmy Carter) gave us! "Khomeyni"
Yes!!
mike s not us, not honest people, US an UK did the disaster of 1979, specially Jimmy Carter
Exactly , he sucked big time .
Shah was a great visionary man but he had one problem, he was too honest and he did too many interviews with media. He should had continued his good work quietly. shame.
He did eventually have to stand up for himself. UK media spreading trash and millions believed the trash. The public had to know the dirty works of The West. If these interviews didn't exist, the youth of today would not have known the Shah as much as they would have by watching these interviews. JAVID SHAH!
Mohammad Reza
The Mullahs of Iran teach the Shah was so evil that he didn't do anything good. Even today if some Iranian who been out of the country since 1979 and moving back or visiting for the 1st time is treated like he or she was a Shah supporter of course many are allowed to return without arrest after being grilled like a criminal. The minority are handcuffed and taken to some of the worst prisons.
Ardy Taghavi : bulshit
Joseph Barton always say the truth don't lie, you may support Shah but lying doesn't fix anything.
I can simply call it the interview of the century. listen to this conversation carefully and you can predict all those what has happened there after after his dawn in the middle east.
My god!… what audacious questions! And how humbly Shah is handling the questions . The sad look on his eyes is like he knew deep in his heart that the world powers finally would take him down by the aid of religious fanatics.
Just read a great book on the Shah - The Fall of Heaven by Andrew Scott Cooper - a great read. I still can't believe that the Iranian people got rid of this good man in exchange for the longbeards.
The late Shahanshah himself could not come to terms with what happened to his country and nation too until his very last day. It's a very very tragic story indeed. One does such a sincere service to his nation for a astonishingly long time and people reject him and one brings nothing but destruction and chaos and misery and people hail him. Telling much about the historical psyche of Iranians.
We sucked... As a youth in iran, i cant believe too
We are ashamed of ourselves for EVER, for what our previous generation did to our father (Shah) and RUINED the lives of millions of Iranians, also our beautiful, historical land,Persia.😞
The Iranian people were deceived by outside powers that wanted the Shah out. In fact, in the 1970s the Shah enjoyed one of the highest ratings any leader could wish to get.
@@bahrampaivar5178 The Iranian people were deceived by outside powers that wanted the Shah out. In fact, in the 1970s the Shah enjoyed one of the highest ratings any leader could wish to get.
I liked the confidence of this guy.
Boy?
so sad to lose you great man! we Iranians didn't deserve you ... RIP My King 😔♥️
He brought Iran into the 20th century. He decreased illiteracy by 50% and would have eliminated it if he had more time. History will look kindly on Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. RIP.
He stood up against imperial tyranny and thus he was removed from power. I have never known anyone who cared as much for his nation as his majesty the late Shah of Iran. Truly worthy of being called the king of kings!
My lovely shah ..A great man and a king..We love you always 💖💖💖..Payande Iran zamin❤
@Fatima Hamdan fati chandta akhond javab midi
Fatima Hamdan kiram to koset jende akhona mikonanat
“First of all it’s more than %90....” , this sentence broke my heart
He was living in the future while everyone else was in the past
I am from Afghanistan and to me King Shah was the best King ever!!!!!!!!!
@Fatima Hamdan fati arab khafe bemir brai arabha amadebash
@Fatima Hamdan عیر بکسج
I'm from Afghanistan and I say goyta bokho harami ... long live the Ayatollah
What about simba from lion king?
@Fatima Hamdan What a shameless woman!! I think you and your alike should go to hell for being so vulgar towards an opposing opinion.
"First of all, it's more than 90%" R.I.P my King!
he was a BADASS
lol
He's a western puppet.
@@gpollack7864 you can stick with the muppets
@az can when he escape beloved Iran he ran to is Master country, USA didn't he???
@@gpollack7864 boy he went to egypt
" We won't be pushed around" oh poor Shah that's what costed you . Accept my regards from India
Live long Shah of Iran, A great man who loved his country and was betrayed by the western countries. The Mullahs and Khomani were brought to power in order to destroy this great man.
The Shah was in their way! Just as Donald Trump is in their way now!
TWO COMPLETE PATRIOTS!
So Killing Lower Class People With Savak is basically loving his country......
Because this great man stopped taking & following "instructions"! Whereas the mullahs take and follow all "instructions" behind closed doors! And so the mullahs continue to stay in power.
@@miaash3870 Very true..no debate there...
@@rostamr4096 Tell Me 1 question Then Man Nokaretam What did the lower class think of Iran and why was they tortured?
LOVE YOU MY KING TO THE ETERNITY.
The story and legacy of Reza Pahlavi will always be pushed aside. He was a man who loved his country and his people. May the Persians break free from the radicals. God be with them.
Your Majesty
Rest In Peace 🙏father of Iran.
King like you will never be repeated in this country.
Father of Iran is Cyrus! Not him
@@xshandy5812 to hell with him and Cyrus
4:33 he literally predicted the US invading Iraq with the excuse of going to “war” but really they came for oil
One reason the West disliked His Majesty, King of Kings Mohammad Reza Pahlavi because He was not bowing down to the West. He says here and Mike Wallace that the West wanted Him to bow down to them, and He was not going to do it. The West has this illusive perception about Middle Eastern peoples that they are sitting on back of camels and wondering in desert. This is why there is tension in Canada between East and West.
I have been living in Canada since 1991, and noticed racial profiling and it was approved by the political apparatus, and poor treatment of proletarian class. This whole idea of democracy and freedom is a Trojan Horse.
She should ask the same question about torture to her government!
especially how canadians treated their first nation peoples !
Can anyone imagine such kind of eloquence, intellect and standing firmly for the interest of his country from any of the middle eastern monarch.
WOW... the way he talks makes my heart beat faster! what a legend. RIP my king ...
I think he was wrong informed also on the number of political prisoners, it was not some three thousands political prisoners but maybe just a tenth of it.
A wise politician who was also a king.
RIP
The Shah had become too intelligent for the Western Economies. They refused to prop him up when the revolution came.
What a leader..long live Shah’s legacy
" For Many years , we have been terribly exploited" . The sad part is , our nation was exploited before , he changed it ,we became prosperous and now we are being exploited AGAIN. The history repeated again .
The woman's reaction the whole time lol😂😂
I think she's deprived of something, i think i know what it is that she's deprived of. XD
After then Cyrus, Darus, Nader and Reza
MohamedReza was best Iranian king, shame On us :'(
Now normal things in other countries is wish for us
Oshin 1997 His father Reza Shah was much better than him
Cyrus Darius were Persians not Iranians
Huidui Lama We have Iranians because reza shah changed the Persia name to Iran.
@@huiduilama8326 yes
@@huiduilama8326 persians were and are Iranic and Iranians.
This is what is called "king".
Beginning of his End
Shah was thinking much a way of his time
GREAT MAN
GOD REST HIS SOUL
I am not too happy about all these media types talking down to the Shah. He is the head of nation that is descendant from the two most prosperous civilizations in the ancient world. Show some $%%#** Respect. He should not have granted these interviews. At least not until the interviewers had personally crawled half a mile through Teheran downtown on their miserable bellies. Does the Queen of England grant any interviews to foreign reporters? Does the PM of Britain? Does the Emperor of Japan? These reporters do not deserve to be in the same as room as His Majesty.
His Father, Reza Shah, a worthy descendant of Cyrus and Ardeshir and Shapur could have been another Ataturk! What an unfortunate nation Iran is. To lose two great kings thus. We Indians understand tragedy. We too lost our great kings Shivaji, Baji Rao, Madhav Rao and Krishnadeva Raya at young ages or under tragic circumstances. Rest in peace, your Majesty. Enjoy the delights of The Heaven of Heroes fallen in battle in the company of those more worthy than the miserable beings populating this miserable planet.
Very well said.
The best King of Iran like Korsh!جاوید شاه و پاینده ابران
That's not at all how someone should talk to the king of a historical country. If she interviewed queen Elizabeth like that she would be fired
A pure royal 👑 in every sense of the word, his regal presence, wise insight and words.
You’re missed dearly, even by those who didn’t have the privilege to live in your era.
G. ElkWoman his legacy still exists and shall be back one-day. people still remember those glorious days ,
G. ElkWoman I am 26 years old but just can’t stop crying
Hey, what's your IG ?
she was too rude with Iran's monarchy the shah of Iran. Shame on her. she had served in a similar capacity in Canada it turned out she was corrupted during and even after her capacity as the governor-general of Canada.
The Shinebox of Iran
That guy did 20 years in the can.
We find HIM greater as time goes by. Shame on the western states forever and ever.
کامنتای ایرونیا بیشتر دل ادمو خون میکنه.
به جز خون شاهان در این تشت نیست
به جز خاک خوبان در این دشت نیست
هر آنکس در دور گردون بود
ز گردون درونش پر از خون بود
خدا رحمتش كنه روحش شاد باشه
"i dont have to deny it be cause ITS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS, but i do."
God bless you and your father
Shah: *is exiled from Iran*
Khomeini: "It's free real estate."
Excellent Exchanges , especially fantastic logic and reasoning in most honest , civilized and straight forward way by Shah of Iran. I must say that the camera's angle and filming was deliberately framed to make Shah look unattractive with zooming to his face excessively! The West wanted Shah out and they framed him from every angle , mainly by the British, American and French Media to demonize him ! Compare to any other leader back then to present, he was an angel ! More than 40 years ago you had a world leader that was fluent in French , English and Persian on every level! A man with profound level of culture and education! He was a father, husband , philosopher, jet pilot, helicopter pilot, an athlete in various ski on snow and water. He was a King ! No other leader back then and to this day has that level of education and consciousness on a personal level ! They had to gang up on him and remove him for their own interest!
Brilliantly said. Screw The West and the brainwashed extremists.
Bahram Paivar Thank you and likewise, I appreciate your opinion . Best wishes. Free Iran.
The opposition movements against Shah’s domestic and foreign policies started few years before 1979 revolution. Then finally Shah decided in 1976 to open up the parliament for freedom of political speech. Was the country progressing during Shah’s time? Of course it was! But people didn’t have a say in progress of the country. The only group that was active during Shah’s time was the Islamic religious institutions in order to prevent influence of communism or Soviets due to Cold War tensions in the world then. But they still couldn’t say anything against Shah’s policies. Therefore they were the only group that had way more freedom to work underground in mosques against the shah. For example they showed their dislikes against Shah’s White Revolution one law being women having voting rights. Students who got Shah’s scholarship to study abroad joined religious groups only to oppose Shah. Plus the 25 years oil concession with major oil companies was about to end in 1979 and Shah was telling various western medias that: Iran has the know how and the Human Resources to decide how Iran wants to sell its oil to the world. There are tons of his interviews in English French and German about Shah change of foreign policies and full control over Iran’s oil by then Iranian government. He was basically telling them that OPEC will decide the price of oil and we won’t be signing any concession with oil companies anymore. He started chanting Mossadegh’s slogans 25 years earlier. But since he took power by US coup in 1953 and brought into power by the west. The west decided to support the opposition factions and paint the Shah as a brutal dictator in order to get rid of him. Khomeini was into the picture only few months before 1979 revolution and NOT few years before 1979 revolution when other groups were actively working abroad and underground against Shah’s government. Nobody knew much about Khomeini until then. All other opposition groups such as nationalists, communists, mojaheedins, etc. all of them joined under umbrella of Khomeini to get rid of Shah. Khomeini made a lot of promises to the opposition groups and the western medias while he was in France that upon his return to Iran he went opposite of his promises by getting rid of the other opposition groups and taking Americans hostage. The issue is that Khomeini lied (he said “khodee kardam”) to the people and the world and easily got hold of power all to himself. Otherwise he wasn’t a known figure few years before 1979 revolution when different opposition groups were active against the shah since early 70s.
The Shah should have been more ruthless, more Machiavellian.
Barry Goldwater The Type of Monarchy the Shah was basing his rule on was Persian and is a form of Government that can only exist based on the enlightenment of the people as the desire to live a less corrupt life.
+Dalton C. Rocha
Rocha how many times do you want to copy and paste your comment you
mullah troll??? Now this is the tenth time i have got you here on
youtube....sold your soul for a peace of bread rice and warm bed ha???
Cool did i push your button at least??!!...you can write something else...no i am a savak kid acutally :-D
and where is savak now? just a footnote in history...
@@fis3746 Iran is so ethnically religiously diverse a monarch can unify them and prevent separatism and civil wars.
What an elegant Ruler!
Great men like him are always overthrown.
We love him for ever
Didn't he do 20 years in the can?
I cry every time I watch this video . I cry for my self and all women in my country. I wish we didn't have oil ! 30M Iranian women lost their true life as a human being just because we had oil and world didn't want to get it for free!
The great man. People didnt deserve such a great king😔😔 R.I.P
Memory eternal. The everlasting king of our hearts and our souls!
He speaks like a physiologist! Maybe thats why he has hypnotized so many!
His english is fascinating.
Shah
I am going to be around as long as it has been written
Bring him back and get rid off those Islamic lunatics.
do you know someone who knows edo tensei? to bring dead back to life
I guess it was a little early for him to start having these sort of conversations with the world's powers. He could have managed it slightly better and prevent this tragedy from happening. Of course I totally understand that it was due to his patriotism.
He did whatever humanity possible for his land and never agreed to hurt his compatriots. God bless
Somehow he dig his grave with few interview with western media!
It was the time when the 1954 oil concession agreement for 25 years was about to end in 1979 and he basically didn’t want to sign any concession with oil companies. He managed to increase the price of the oil in early 70s and create OPEC which resulted world inflation. Yes he shouldn’t have done any interviews with the medias.
@@elinosra369 Emerson Avenue
3:35 That's the biggest mistake he could make. He saw the good in humans, and that miscalculation cost him his land, his life, his freedom, his people and their freedom. Truly sad
When dad retired from LAPD in 78 he landed a security gig with the Shah's family in Beverly Hills. The son use to enjoy frequenting the night clubs on the West side during that time and the security details were a nightmare according to my father. Weapons were not allowed inside the clubs and all the hardware had to be kept in the trunk of the vehicles making it hard to protect the guy if something went South. They were accustomed to having automatic weapons available at all times because the guy didn't have a lot of fans so I was told.
It's because he had so many fan's, that Shah & His Family were target's.