Tikvah
Editors’ Pick

June 25, 2018

The Future of a Free Iran May Lie with a Restoration of the Shah

Game of peacock thrones.

Examining the recent waves of protest and political unrest in the Islamic Republic—from women shunning the hijab to truckers going out on strike—Sohrab Ahmari considers what would happen in the event of an actual collapse of the regime. Through an analysis of Iranian history, he concludes that the country would best be served by placing Reza Pahlavi, the son and heir of its last shah, at the head of a constitutional monarchy:

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