Patrick
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He was Shiite Muslim, but it's not what you have today and not what you're experiencing today.
No, he wasn't an extremist.
Not at all.
People walked around regular, comfortable.
Woman had rights.
Woman had power.
No nine-year-old marrying a 52-year-old man.
That kind of stuff was illegal under the Shah.
He brought education, and he did an amazing job.
And the criticism they'll typically give him, they'll bring up Savak.
They'll say, well, what about his secret police?
What about a secret police called Savak?
Well, what about CIA?
What about MI6?
What about Mossad?
Well, what do you think you need to do if you're building a country to have an empire?
You need to have people that are kind of giving you intel on what is taking place.
And then post...
Not even the same.
You couldn't walk around Christianity.