The Shah of Iran Was Not a Saint

He was a dictator who tortured and killed his people

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi—Source: Wikimedia Commons

If you are an internet lurker you probably would’ve seen photos like the one below about pre-revolutionary Iran. I come across them very often on Reddit, the caption of these photos usually says: Iranians will regret overthrowing the Shah for a long time, or revolution is not always a good thing. The purpose of these…