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My old boss was an oil rig manager in Iran. He said many people wanted a revolution but there were many different factions and it was the Ayatollahs that won the struggle. He said although he hated the Shah he thought the Ayatollahs were just a step side ways, and he would have even preferred a socialist govenment even. He said he personally saw a bus load of mental patients driven to a rally to bulk out the numbers of the religious groups to make them seem more populace.
He has a lot of stories of seeing Shirley Bassey (he loved her) and Tom Jones in Tehran. He said it was the most progressive city in the middle east until the revolution. He still has stopries of the secret police and what they do (drawing pin in the forehead if a womans scarf is not low enough) and of the Vodka still that many people have in their basement.
Oddly he is maybe the most English man I have ever met - read all Shakespeare and English literature and loves all English sport with the exception of Cricket.