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Answer to : "Anonymous1326"

FYI Americans DO have EMAMZADEH...they call them IDOLS..which translated ( god ) even surpasses any ememzadeh....people like yourself who are so "gharbzadeh" that they feel the need to even compare our national heroes suffer from a VERY DEEP sense of "inferiority complex"; and usually lack any sense of self worth. What Mossadegh did for Iran was similar to what Gandhi did for India. Even though Iran never was a colony, however comparing the population ratio among India & Iran, to people like you, just proves we have more people inflicted with this deeply rooted historic inferiority complex. Hence, look at where we are now and where India's heading for...

De Nakh naddeh: De nazaar Zeer-e paatto bezanand ~

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Swiftly: The Gate of Aging Revealed

Transition
From youth
To elderly
Takes place
Through
A fine tunnel
That tunnel
Is nothing
But your own hair line
As it changes color
From what it used to be
To the gray one
To convince you
En route your vision that
It is time
To let the old person
Come inside
To reside in your soul
Instead of blocking it all out
At your door steps swiftly

--Dr. A. Danesh

Khoda, Shah, Mihan!

This motto speaks volumes about the Shahparast ilk and their "patriotism." After their god, it's their Shah whose allegiance took precedence over that of motherland for the suppoeters of Pahlavis!

To them, without the Shah, Mihan does not have much meaning! So what that Mossadegh took on the greatest power of the time and its colonial subcidiary, BP, fighting a lopsided battle representing the Iranin people's interests in the Hague to bring the Great Britain to its knees?!

To them the oil nationalization movement does not bear much significance, for Shah had nothing to do with it. However, taking credit for it and spending the petro-dollars generated by it (the so-called White Revolution) is a real heroic effort and praise-worthy claim!!!

Another one?

I guess there is nothing wrong with having another emaamzaadeh since we have tons of them already at work. So what is a big deal about having another one? I am sure there are a few more in the queue like Dr. Shariati, Dr. Fatemi, sheikh Fazlollah Noori... etc.. etc.. and... don't tell me sheikh was any better or worse than others because he aint!
Sometimes it is very boring not to have emaamzaadeh! I wonder how many emaamzaadeh american people might have? emaamzaadeh is definitely a good thing and without them most Iranians wouldn't know how to spend their day and night! definitely a good thing!

بزرگ مرد مصدق

خدا رحمت كنه اين مرد بزرگوار را٠ آدمي بود كه واقعا به ايران عشق و علاقه داشت٠ متاسفانه، يك مشت آدم خاين زِير پاش را زدند٠ واقعا تف تو صورت هر كسي كه يا مستقِم، و يا غير مستقيم، در اين كودتا شركت كرد٠
اين حكومت جمهوري اسلامي نتيجه مستقيم اين عمل زشت بود - و سلام

WHo was he?

Jamshid said:

Mossadegh was simply an Iranian patriot who wanted the best for Iran and who made a few mistakes and miscalculations.

Are you absolutely sure about that? If he were a "patriot" then I am all for praising him.

BUT, he has no record to prove himself as such. Remember Khomeini and his nothing but sweet talk and masses of followers. Are you sure there were not other factors there such as: personal ambitions and hatred of the pahlavis for taking the rule away from his family. Had he been a patriot, he would have found a solution then, he would have given up the land that his family inherited from Ghajar, he would have not aligned himself with Tudeh, he would have not walked into the Brit's trap, ... Do you really think that in iran of those days we could so easily come across a true patriot, one who never existed before or after him? When was the last time that we had a selfless true patriot leader in our history.

Mosaddegh is a myth. He has no record to prove his authenticity. WE turn him into a hero because WE need heroes to explain why we are here and to blame others for our misgivings.

In the meantime, enjoy looking at pictures of another more authentic hero of iran whom 98% believed in and voted for, the leader of iranian devolution, ayatollah rohollah khomeini's picture album can be found here:

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All these pictures are authentic and taken right after the revolution when the ayatollah was blood thirsty for blood of iranian generals. This one is right after he tasted the first pint of iranian blood:

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This one is taken in Jamaran, right after his nightly prayer for islam to take many iranian sacrifices:

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God bless his soul!

Thanks for the photos. I hope he is resting in peace now.

God Bless his Soul

Ravanash Shad. Great Son of Iran.

Lets hope the same way that shah went down to be burried in Egyptian tiolets, so will be the destiny of the CIA agents who brought shah to power, and missery to our motherland..

The Politics of Illness and the Illness of Politics

To discharge one's political duties and roles sometimes played better by playing "Sick."

MOsaddegh with no doubt was the most masterful of this political trick actormanship who pushed the playin of this option card to its ultimate frontier...

Now let's glance over the political history see who are amont this sick role performer...

I believe a wonderful coffee table book can be publisehd on this topic...

Don't get me wrong sometimes the sick role is for real like Mohammad Reza Pahlavi being hospitalized as the result of wound inflicted on him in an assasination attempt by a camera man...

Roohash shad. He was a true

Roohash shad.
He was a true Patriot.
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There WILL be more men/women like him.

Nice pictures

I don't understand why some people want to demonize Mossadegh, and others want to elevate him to an emaam zadeh.

Mossadegh was simply an Iranian patriot who wanted the best for Iran and who made a few mistakes and miscalculations.

What is it with us Iranians and with our culture that makes us want to see our past leaders as absolute evil or absolute good, and never somewhere in the middle?

Charlatan?!

Any attempt to liken Dr. Mossadegh to idiots like Khomeini will reflect POORLY on the people who make such absurd comments about the Father of Iranian Democratic movement.  If it weren't for his tremendeously selfless efforts of the 40s, who knows how many more years the gringos would've mooched off of the Iranian oil.

If you don't know about the REAL history of Iran (maybe because your royal ancestory has blinded/brain-washed you!) I suggest you go and pick up a book.  Start with this one:  "All the Shah's Men".

Why Can't We Do It Again?

That was over 55 years ago I have great respect for Dr. Mossadegh and what he was trying to do for Iran but question is that why we can't do that again?

Iranians are more than ever thirsty for real democracy and freedom and it is time, it really is, for a government that truly represents our people.

I say it can be done IRI system has a huge hole in it. And that is they rely too much on Mullas and Ayatollas I wonder who is going to be the next "Velayateh faghih" after this one dies.

Mossadegh Reminds us ...

That there are tyans among us and unless we are awake and alert they can take freedom and national progress away from us. Those tyrants are mostly paid by foriegners whose interest is vested in a backward Iran, as was and still is the case for USA and its so called "alies".

God Bless The sole of this Great Partiot and Great Iranian Son.

He was the Greatest Iranian of the twentieth century!

Unlike Shah he never betrayed his country or his people! Although, his mother was a Quajar princess, a Grand Daughter of Abbas Mirza, he was not a prince and as a minor land owner he lived very modestly and gave, practically, all he had. He will always be remembered as a GREAT patriot who fought hard for his country and put it all on the line for his people... Iranian patriots will always appreciate his GREATNESS, SELFLESSNESS and sacrifices that he made!

Great man, great leader!

In times like this, Mr Mossadegh is really missed. 

Jorge Mortean - The most Iranian of the Brazilians!

He was a Ghajar land-grabber.

Mosaddegh in 1953 was like Khomeini in 1963. Both were charlatans who wanted to destroy iran for their own unholy agenda. People thought of Khomeini before revolution the same way that they thought of Mosaddegh. The only difference is that Khomeini got a chance to prove himself that he was no "iranian", and Mosaddegh never got that chance. Had he succeeded, he would have handed iran to commies and had partitioned iran. We see in these pictures that he was more of charlatan and show-man, lying in his bed, rather than a serious and caring politician or nationalist. These pictures look awfully like early pictures of fidel castro in bed. He could have worked with shah to share power and take a middle road; but he wanted all for himself and he lost in the power struggle. He ignored iranian constitution that shah could dismissed him, and he instead dismissed the parliament, an illegal act.

Mosaddeghe kalleh kedoo,
Siyasatesh raft laa patoo.

Patriot:yes, Leader ??

In photo 21 we see Hussein Ala , another prime minister of Iran.

Mossadegh was a Qajar prince and a wealthy aristocratic land owner. Was he the champion of the poor?? It was the Shah who led the land reform and liberation of women and ignited the reaction of the clergy against himself.

The story of Iran's oil nationalization will eventually come out in full detail, and Mossadegh's colossal strategic mistake (in refusing a reasonable solution & mistrusting his expert advisers) become a lesson for future generations.

Today's BP is the outcome of his miscalculations.

A NATIONAL PRIDE for Iranian

A NATIONAL PRIDE for Iranian!

He was a great man...

The Shah imprisoned him, IRI devalued him. But the day will come when Mossadegh will be appreciated fully for who he was as a man, a leader and a true lover of Iran and its people.

Roohesh Shaad... 

Great photos!

What a contrast between these pictures and those posted earlier showing the Shah in luxury (and the rest of the nation in poverty). These pictures also remind us the shameful American policies towards foreign democracies. Imagine Iran today if Mossadegh's struggle had prevailed against the enemies and their puppets!