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minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months ago Tehran in the 1970s would have been a beautiful way to show how modern lifestyles and islamic culture could co-exist Celebrating the Shah’s Iran for it’s secularism is a bit like celebrating Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for it’s capitalism.
minus-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI thought that happened in '79
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoThe Shah of Iran couped the democratic government in 1953 and enacted a brutal military dictatorship that was not overthrown until '79.
minus-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agooh, sorry. I just saw some hippie photos from the 70s and assumed it was a liberal/secular place around then until 79
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoIt’s a big country. There’s corners that are still liberal/secular today and there’s corners that have never been
Celebrating the Shah’s Iran for it’s secularism is a bit like celebrating Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for it’s capitalism.
I thought that happened in '79
The Shah of Iran couped the democratic government in 1953 and enacted a brutal military dictatorship that was not overthrown until '79.
oh, sorry. I just saw some hippie photos from the 70s and assumed it was a liberal/secular place around then until 79
It’s a big country. There’s corners that are still liberal/secular today and there’s corners that have never been