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morismano t1_j1nogk2 wrote

Reply to comment by whynotzoidber in What did the public actually want in the Iranian revolution of 1979? by ReecoElryk

So people did protest Khomeini but he had them killed which Shah did not do?

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doc_1eye t1_j1o7gic wrote

No, the previous poster lives in a fantasy world. The Shah killed thousands of people. It's why people wanted to get rid of him in the first place. Khomeini managed to stay in power by being bad, but not quite as bad as the Shah

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