This is deep in the weeds of a political dynamic I can hardly say I fully understand, but how much sense does it make for the exiled son of the shah to give a speech at the National Press Club in support of the Iranian opposition? With Mir Hossein Moussavi claiming a source of legitimacy from the Islamic Revolution that deposed the guy’s father, is aid and comfort from the remant of the ancien regime really necessary here?
Baby Shah Takes the Side of the Iranian Opposition
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