Talk:Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
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As I'm reading the article, I'm very surprised by how much information is being cited from Abbas Milani. This is an individual with an axe to grind against the Shah, so it would be nice if someone could find sources from other individuals to get a more balanced history of events. 47.198.212.71 (talk) 01:25, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
- "Balanced" history of events? At least in terms of the introduction section, the article is heavily biased in favor of the Shah. The introduction suddenly shifts from only listing his positive policy accomplishments to suddenly his ousting during the Iranian Revolution, creating the false impression that the Iranian people had no good reason to force him out of power. There is no discussion of his secret police and their gross human rights violations, and the introduction fails to cite the many internal and exogenous geopolitical factors (e.g. collaboration with Western powers to consolidate his authoritarian rule) that contributed to the Shah's overthrow. 69.250.247.132 (talk) 19:37, 27 March 2025 (UTC)
Introduction
Like some others have said, I think the introduction could stand to be more balanced. As it currently stands, it has a mostly positive interpretation of the Shah's rule and basically does not suggest any causes for the Revolution. Leaving aside factual accuracy for a second, this is already clearly lacking from an informational standpoint. I will further add that in the interest of giving due weight to all reliable sources, it would be very reasonable to mention various commonly perceived downsides of the Shah's rule e.g. domination by foreign powers, inequality and corruption, secularization, etc...
For example, Encyclopedia Britannica:
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The White Revolution solidified domestic support for the shah, but he faced continuing political criticism from those who felt that the reforms did not move far or fast enough and religious criticism from those who believed Westernization to be antithetical to Islam. Opposition to the shah himself was based upon his autocratic rule, corruption in his government, the unequal distribution of oil wealth, forced Westernization, and the activities of SAVAK (the secret police) in suppressing dissent and opposition to his rule. These negative aspects of the shah’s rule became markedly accentuated after Iran began to reap greater revenues from its petroleum exports beginning in 1973.
Widespread dissatisfaction among the lower classes, Shiʿi clergy, bazaar merchants, and students led in 1978 to the growth of support for Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a Shiʿi religious leader living in exile in Paris... Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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