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IronLionZion

(51,034 posts)
13. Prince of Persia sounds like the video game
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 12:39 PM
18 hrs ago


I highly doubt anyone is going to restore the monarchy. Pahlavi makes the news because he's a public figure.

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No love for the theocrats in Iran lonely bird 23 hrs ago #1
Yeah....What does he want to do, rule Iran like his brutal,dictator murdering father did? Bengus81 22 hrs ago #4
Some countries aren't ready for democracy Polybius 20 hrs ago #8
Hmmm lonely bird 17 hrs ago #16
Ask the Kurds how it was under the Shah lonely bird 17 hrs ago #18
Many of the protests featured calls of 'Javid Shah' - Long Live the King. ClaudetteCC 20 hrs ago #9
Well lonely bird 17 hrs ago #17
Deception is always a threat ClaudetteCC 17 hrs ago #19
I remember when 11 million people were in the streets protesting UpInArms 23 hrs ago #2
...The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency says at least 7,005 people were killed in last month's protests, riversedge 23 hrs ago #3
More like 30k to 40k protesters have been killed Mosby 10 hrs ago #21
For BP! Kid Berwyn 21 hrs ago #5
Has Iran or Persia ever had a democracy? Not that I know of ... FakeNoose 21 hrs ago #6
The Shah shall return Polybius 20 hrs ago #7
Persia refers to a specific (though majority) ethnic group ClaudetteCC 20 hrs ago #10
I still like the name Persia so much better Polybius 20 hrs ago #12
Same here. Sequoia 18 hrs ago #14
I'll certainly celebrate the demise of the Ayatollahs and the Islamic Revolution and their proxy armies ClaudetteCC 18 hrs ago #15
Iran is what the people have always called it JI7 20 hrs ago #11
I'd prefer we jump back, not tot he Shah, but to the democratic government the U.S. overthrew to put in the Shah. Gore1FL 15 hrs ago #20
Prince of Persia sounds like the video game IronLionZion 18 hrs ago #13
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