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Iran, 1953-1979: From the Shah to Islamic Revolution
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Escandar's Response Alludes to This as Well
The Shah was trying to defang the possibility of a red revolution, again, a communist revolution. Escandar: He is feeling very pressured to show himself as an enlightened modern monarch. And what he starts calling the great civilization is a utopian sort of imperial nationalist, modernist, imaginary.
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