The new generation of Iranians is seeking democracy and separation of religion and state. 

“The social success of the Shah in the galaxy of international despots is the end result of a careful campaign, premised on two vital ingredients: snobbery and cash”

“One should not reduce other people to a stereo­typical core: Too simple, too ideological, too racist. But for Persia, it seems, re­duction serves.”

Before Mohammed bin Salman, the elite feted the Shah of Iran, despite all the blood on his hands