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"by that april morning when he walked into shah's inner sanctum to discuss persepolis banquet hall, he was also now coming to see him as part of the problem. he didn't mean this in any treasonous way - Alam certainly wasn't advocating overthrow of his "mighty leader"- but rather that part of the reason issues were allowed to fester and dangers to build was the monarch's growing distance from the people."
— Jan 03, 2026 07:17AM
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"as the russian foreign minister noted in approving yet another loan to Qajar court in 1903, the ultimate goal was to "make Persia obedient and useful... a tool in our hands.""
not quite funny how Iran has been Russia's little plaything on and off throughout the modern and premodern history.
— Jan 04, 2026 06:36AM
not quite funny how Iran has been Russia's little plaything on and off throughout the modern and premodern history.
