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Is there any government good for human rights? I'm thinking about Iran, which is obviously a horrible place now for human rights, but it wasn't exactly a wonder
by misingnoglic 9y ago
Is there any government good for human rights? I'm thinking about Iran, which is obviously a horrible place now for human rights, but it wasn't exactly a wonderland before the Islamic revolution either.
- jacquesm 9y ago> but it wasn't exactly a wonderland before the Islamic revolution either. No, the Shah was pretty brutal. Besides SAVAK there were many other really bad episodes, one of which I read about some years ago but have never forgotten about as the epitome of decadency: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2,500_year_celebration_of_the_Persian_Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2,500_year_celebration_of_the_...