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| Iran's revolutionaries have mixed feelings, 40 years later |
| 2019-02-04 |
| TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ‐ Forty years after he defected from the shah’s Imperial Guard to join the Islamic Revolution, Mohammad Reza Tajik, like many Iranians from that time, looks back wistfully at the youthful excitement they felt and the losses they suffered since then. Working in his woodshop in Tehran, he recounted the deaths of his brother in Iran’s 1980s war with Iraq and of a friend last year in Syria’s long civil war in which Iran is involved. "No, we did not achieve what we wanted," the 60-year-old former soldier said, his shop warmed in the fierce Tehran winter by a simple wood-fired stove. "Things have changed and revolutionary values have worn out. Today, unfortunately, we still suffer from discrimination, favoritism, corruption and lying, even more than that time." As the 40th anniversary of the revolution approached, a reporter from The Associated Press walked through the streets of Tehran to speak to those who were alive then about the world-changing moment that saw Iran exchange 2,500 years of monarchy for an Islamic Republic. They offered a mixed view that is now common in the country as long-standing economic problems worsen amid the U.S. decision last spring to withdraw from the nuclear deal that Iran struck with world powers in 2013. Iran’s currency, the rial, has depreciated rapidly since then, making prices for groceries and clothes skyrocket. Its crucial oil sales remain threatened, and trust in its leadership has eroded. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #2 I remember reading of Russian sailors that were upset later over how they helped the communist to come to power well it was too late by then, the deed was done. |
| Posted by: BernardZ 2019-02-04 05:27 |
| #1 So, what are you waiting for? Under the Eyes of The Lord, Persia is free except for that foolish Mullocracy |
| Posted by: newc 2019-02-04 03:56 |