• trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    The way he is paraded around in the German media suggests strong political support, though.

    Supporting the Shah is a bit of a political tradition in Germany, he was a well liked (by the political caste) state guest back in the day when he was running the regime in Iran. His state visits even gave the German language a new word: “Jubelperser” - “jubilant Persians”, a euphemism for agents of his security service who would beat up counter demonstrators with iron rods under the watchful benevolent eyes of the German police.

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      3 months ago

      The way he is paraded around in the German media suggests strong political support, though.

      Sure, there is strong political support for the idea of Pahlavi taking over again. But just not by ‘Germany’, as the user made it seem.