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Quotes from Asadollah Alam — Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

1919–1980 Iran

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... the Saudis have never shown any respect for human rights, either now or in the past. Even a petty burglar faces having one of his hands chopped off. The liberal press in America prefers to ignore all this, although they don't hesitate to blacken the reputation of Iran.

Attributed Asadollah Alam (1991)

We were wrong to believe that the British are our friends. You are obsessed solely with yout own selfish interests and treat us as a people beyond the pale. But your attitude is a matter of profound disinterest. Your democratic system has already erupted into chaos. We shall soon overtake you and in a decade you will be struggling in our wake. Perhaps then you will remember how you treated us.

Attributed Asadollah Alam (1991)

The Times and the Guardian accuse us of operating a police-state. The BBC Persian programme has made similair allegations, saying that countries such as Iran and Saudi Arabia should be denied access to Western military technology. What are the bloody fools on about? Do they seriously regard Iraq, or Algeria, or Libya as liberal regimes?

Attributed Asadollah Alam (1991)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.